听命于人 [
tīng mìng yú rén]
be at sb.'s service
be at sb.'s beck and call
dance to one's pipe
- 俄国人喜欢神秘的事物,而并不乐意听命于人。
Russians liked things mystical, and they didn't like being told what to do. - 我国一所主要的法学院的图书馆上镌刻着这样一句格言:“听命于法与主,而非听命于人。”
Over the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto9, " Not under man but under God and law." - 我国一所主要的法学院的图书馆上 镌刻 着这样一句格言:“听命于法与主,而非听命于人。
Over the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto, " Not under man but under God and law."