三令五申

Traditional form:

三令五申

Pinyin (reading):

sānlìngwǔshēn

Definitions:

• to order again and again (idiom)

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
• 五 - five; surname
• 申 - to report; to extend; to explain; to declare

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
• 五 - five; surname
• 申 - to report; to extend; to explain; to declare