variant of 從｜从

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)

from childhood / from a young age

employee / person employed in a trade or profession

never

never

from within / therefrom

have never / has never

to start from scratch

have never / never before

never (in the past) / never did

anew / from the start

strict / rigorous / severely

never

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

what course to follow / what path to take

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

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

Conghua, county-level city in Guangzhou 廣州｜广州, Guangdong

clause

preferential treatment / most favored terms

to assent / to comply with

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

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

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 study under (a teacher)

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

subordinate

obedient / to comply / to submit / to defer

to enlist / to serve in the army

to follow the crowd / to conform

not know where to start

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

retinue / hangers-on

to be involved in politics / to be a politician / to be an official

to have relations with / to associate with

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

to be lenient (in sentencing)

calm / unruffled

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

to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience

from head to foot

to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer

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

whence? / where from?

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

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

from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long

lenient / leniently

to capitulate

to comply with / to obey

to do research / to carry out research

from / (ever) since

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

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

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

to follow obediently

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

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

Conghua, county-level city in Guangzhou 廣州｜广州, Guangdong

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

accessory to a crime / accomplice

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

to enlist / to be in the army

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

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

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

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

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

to trust and obey

to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)

not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone

to deal with sb severely (idiom)

whatever you like / to do as one pleases

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

(dialect) before / in the past / previously

unhurried / all in good time

lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly

Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist

to own up to the facts

to omit (less important details etc)

follower / attendant

demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

from here on

tame / obedient

economical / modest

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

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