发号施令 meaning in English
issue orders; issue orders left and right; dictate one's own terms to...; give orders [commands]; order people about; lay down the law; call the tune [shots]: 干部要深入群众, 不要只是坐在办公室里发号施令。 cadres should go deep among the masses, not just sit in their offices issuing orders
Examples
- He was not unaccustomed to command .
发号施令在他并非不习惯。 - He is handsome, manly and commanding .
他长得漂亮，有大丈夫气概，又能发号施令。 - Listen , son , do not start giving me orders .
听着，小伙子，别来对我发号施令。 - Why should some sonofabitch give me orders ?
干吗非要让一些狗娘养的对我发号施令不可？ - I should be sorry to stake my authority on her obedience .
对温顺的她发号施令，我感到遗憾。