Five applications and three orders
In Chinese, the Pinyin is w ǔ sh ē ns ā NL ì ng, which means to warn repeatedly. It comes from Du Guangting's poem of the Grand Master of Sichuan, Nandou Dajiao.
Idiom explanation
give repeated orders and injunctions. Refers to repeated admonitions.
The origin of Idioms
Du Guangting, the former Shu Dynasty, wrote in the great jiaoci of Nandou, the master of Sichuan: "it's better to have a good command of jade and gold than to have a good faith; it's better to have a good command of five orders and three orders."
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate, object, or attribute
Chinese PinYin : wǔ shēn sān lìng
Five applications and three orders
be cut off at a single blow. yī dāo liǎng duàn
advance by inch and retreat by foot. cùn jìn chǐ tuì
bring forth the new through the old. tuī chén chū xīn
The same thing is the same as the same thing. xíng tóng néng ǒu
a magnificent house become a mound of earth-vicissitude. huá wū qiū xū