Results, 朝令暮改 #n

朝令暮改☆【ちょうれいぼかいchoureibokai】

noun:

  • an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles - four character idiom

うちのuchino上司joushiときたらtokitara、朝令暮改choureibokaiなんだnandaからkara、仕事shigotoがgaちっともchittomo進まないsusumanaiよyo。 When it comes to my supervisor, he's very inconsistent, so we never get any work done.

Kanji definition:

朝
常用２年JLPTN4

チョウCHOU・あさasa

morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea

Strokes:
12
Radical:
月⺝ moon, month, flesh
SKIP:
1-8-4
UTF:
671d
JIS208:
36-11
Nanori:
あa・あそaso・ささsasa・ちかchika・ともtomo
Hangul:
조 [jo]
Pinyin:
zhāo / cháo
Stroke order:
Example words:
北朝鮮【きたちょうせんkitachousen】
North Korea
朝鮮民主主義人民共和国【ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこくchousenminshushugijinminkyouwakoku】
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
朝鮮【ちょうせんchousen】
Korea
朝鮮半島【ちょうせんはんとうchousenhantou】
Korean peninsula
朝日【あさひasahi】
morning sun
令
常用４年JLPTN2

レイREI

orders; ancient laws; command; decree

Strokes:
5
Radical:
人亻 human
SKIP:
2-3-2
UTF:
4ee4
JIS208:
46-65
Nanori:
のりnori・りょうryou・れre
Hangul:
령 [ryeong]
Pinyin:
lìng / líng / lǐng
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
司令官【しれいかんshireikan】
commandant; commanding officer; general
命令【めいれいmeirei】
order; command; decree; directive; / (software) instruction; statement
令【れいrei】
command; order; dictation
政令【せいれいseirei】
government ordinance; cabinet order
司令部【しれいぶshireibu】
headquarters
暮
常用６年JLPTN3

ボBO・くれるku.reru・くらすku.rasu

evening; twilight; season's end; livelihood; make a living; spend time

Strokes:
14
Radical:
日 sun, day
SKIP:
2-10-4
UTF:
66ae
JIS208:
42-75
Nanori:
ぐらしgurashi・ぐれgure・ぽpo
Hangul:
모 [mo]
Pinyin:
mù
Stroke order:
Example words:
暮らし【くらしkurashi】
life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
暮れ【くれkure】
sunset; sundown; nightfall; dusk; / end; close; / year-end; end of the year
暮れる【くれるkureru】
to get dark; to grow dark; / to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close; / to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with
一人暮らし【ひとりぐらしhitorigurashi】
living by oneself; living alone
日暮れ【ひぐれhigure】
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
改
常用４年JLPTN2

カイKAI・あらためるarata.meru・あらたまるarata.maru

reformation; change; modify; mend; renew; examine; inspect; search

Strokes:
7
Radical:
已己巳 oneself
SKIP:
1-3-4
UTF:
6539
JIS208:
18-94
Hangul:
개 [gae]
Pinyin:
gǎi
Stroke order:
Example words:
改正【かいせいkaisei】
revision; amendment; alteration
改革【かいかくkaikaku】
reform; reformation; reorganization
改善【かいぜんkaizen】
betterment; improvement; / kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
改造【かいぞうkaizou】
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; reconstruction; reshuffling (e.g. cabinet); / modding
改定【かいていkaitei】
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change

Kanji

朝

チョウCHOU・あさasa

morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea

令

レイREI

orders; ancient laws; command; decree


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