三令五申

Chinese

		three	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honorable	five	9th earthly branch; 3-5 pm; to extend 9th earthly branch; 3-5 pm; to extend; to state; to explain
trad. (三令五申)		三	令	五	申
simp. ^#(三令五申)		三	令	五	申
Literally: “to give orders three times and explain five times”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānlìngwǔshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨˇ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ san¹
Min Nan (POJ): sam-lēng-ngó͘-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānlìngwǔshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨˇ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanlinqwuushen
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ liŋ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ san¹
  - Yale: sāam lihng ńgh sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ lɪŋ²² ŋ̍¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-lēng-ngó͘-sin
  - Tâi-lô: sam-līng-ngóo-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samlexngngofsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/

Idiom

三令五申

to repeatedly admonish
to repeatedly warn
儘管你三令五申，有許多員工就是不肯照辦。 [MSC, trad.]
尽管你三令五申，有许多员工就是不肯照办。 [MSC, simp.]
Jìnguǎn nǐ sānlìngwǔshēn, yǒu xǔduō yuángōng jiùshì 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.

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