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指使

zhǐ shǐ

2-character word

What 指使 means

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

The characters in 指使

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable

Example sentences

• 我宁愿自己独立生活也不要他来指使我。
  Wǒ nìngyuàn zìjǐ dúlì shēnghuó yě bù yào tā lái zhǐshǐ wǒ.
  I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.