Fen ming, Fēn míng, Fēn mìng: 5 definitions

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分明 [fēn míng] [fen ming]—
1. Clear, explicit. For example: "We must strictly enforce discipline and ensure clear rewards and punishments (賞罰 [shang fa])."
2. Obviously, clearly. From Guan Hanqing's (關漢卿 [guan han qing]) Yuan Dynasty (元 [yuan]) play, The Butterfly Dream (蝴蝶夢 [hu die meng]), Act 1: "Unable to clearly have my name inscribed on the imperial examination honor roll (金榜 [jin bang]), I can only have my name written on a criminal indictment board (犯由牌 [fan you pai])."

fēn míng:1. qīng chǔ,, míng bái. rú: “yī dìng yào yán sù fǎ jì, shǎng fá fēn míng.”
2. xiǎn rán,, míng míng. yuán． guān hàn qīng < hú dié mèng> dì yī zhé: “bù néng gōu jīn bǎng shàng fēn míng tí xìng zì, zé luò dé fàn yóu pái shū xiě míng ér.”

fen ming:1. qing chu,, ming bai. ru: "yi ding yao yan su fa ji, shang fa fen ming."
2. xian ran,, ming ming. yuan. guan han qing < hu die meng> di yi zhe: "bu neng gou jin bang shang fen ming ti xing zi, ze luo de fan you pai shu xie ming er."

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分命 [fēn mìng] [fen ming]—
分派 [fen pai] (fēnpài): To assign; to dispatch.
From Selections of Literature (《文選 [wen xuan]》), Wang Rong's (王融 [wang rong]) "Essay on the Imperial Examination in the Ninth Year of Yongming" (永明九年策秀才文 [yong ming jiu nian ce xiu cai wen]): "The assignment of duties is evident among the imperial officials (唐官 [tang guan]), and literary principles (文條 [wen tiao]) shine brightly in profound theories (鄒說 [zou shuo])."

fēn mìng: fēn pài. < wén xuǎn． wáng róng． yǒng míng jiǔ nián cè xiù cái wén>: “fēn mìng xiǎn yú táng guān, wén tiáo bǐng yú zōu shuō.”

fen ming: fen pai. < wen xuan. wang rong. yong ming jiu nian ce xiu cai wen>: "fen ming xian yu tang guan, wen tiao bing yu zou shuo."