发号施令

Traditional form:

發號施令

Pinyin (reading):

fāhàoshīlìng

Definitions:

• to boss people around (idiom)

Characters:

• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 号 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause

Traditional characters:

• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 號 - mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause