指使

zhǐ shǐ

Meanings

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zhǐ shǐ

1.to incite
2.to prompt (sb to do sth)

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Wiktionary

1.to prompt (someone to do something, usually bad); to incite; to instigate

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Stroke order

Components

指扌旨

使亻吏

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Characters

Example sentences

我寧願自己獨立生活也不要他來指使我。
I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.

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