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三令五申

三令五申

Chinese

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|- ! !three; 3

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make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honorable

!five; 5

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9th earthly branch; extend; to state; to explain

|- !simp. and trad.
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Idiom

三令五申

  1. to repeatedly admonish
  2. to repeatedly warn
    儘管三令五申許多員工就是照辦 [MSC, trad.]
    尽管三令五申许多员工就是照办 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìnguǎn nǐ sānlìngwǔshēn, yǒu xǔduō yuángōng jiùshi bù kěn zhàobàn. [Pinyin]
    No matter how much you warn and admonish them, there are many employees who just aren't willing to do as they are told.