from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)

to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do

thus / thereby

from now on / since then / henceforth

since (a time) / ever since

previously / formerly / once upon a time

to obey (an order) / to comply / to defer

to go easy / unhurried / calm / Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]

surname Cong

to practice (a trade)

never

to start from scratch

have never / never before

anew / from the start

from childhood / from a young age

never

from within / therefrom

employee / person employed in a trade or profession

Conghua county level city in Guangzhou 廣州｜广州, Guangdong

have never / has never

strict / rigorous / severely

never (in the past) / never did

never

clause

retinue / hangers-on

what course to follow / what path to take

preferential treatment / most favored terms

to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken

to assent / to comply with

less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

to study under (a teacher)

master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary

lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap

to comply with / to follow (directives) / to defer (to the judgment of superiors)

to accompany / to follow / to attend / entourage / attendant

from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)

-driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley)

to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant

to enlist / to serve in the army

calm / unruffled

subordinate

whence? / where from?

(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade

obedient / to comply / to submit / to defer

not know where to start

not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing

readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views

Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist

faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)

to be lenient (in sentencing)

(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible

Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州｜黔东南州, Guizhou

to have relations with / to associate with

to follow the crowd / to conform

not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do

to deal with sb severely (idiom)

to trust and obey

to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience

Conghua county level city in Guangzhou 廣州｜广州, Guangdong

to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer

from head to foot

to comply with / to obey

to do research / to carry out research

lenient / leniently

(dialect) before / in the past / previously

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

follower / attendant

Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州｜黔东南州, Guizhou

to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)

unhurried / all in good time

to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested

Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

to capitulate

to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word

from / (ever) since

named after (the original owner)

from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly

joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event

at one's discretion

Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

accessory to a crime / accomplice

paternal uncle

from here on

paternal uncle's son / nephew

to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length

Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting

to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)

older male second cousin

to enlist / to be in the army

lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study

to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)

not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone

to follow obediently

whatever you like / to do as one pleases

deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)

to omit (less important details etc)

(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation

to own up to the facts