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  *從* | 從* | *從
from; through; via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
HSK 1
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
previously / formerly / once upon a time
HSK 3
from now on / since then / henceforth
HSK 4
since (a time) / ever since
HSK 3
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
to obey (an order) / to comply / to defer
HSK 5
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
from within / therefrom
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *從* | 從* | *從
surname Cong
never
HSK 6
never (in the past) / never did
HSK 6
to work as a doctor
tame / obedient
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
calm / unruffled
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
to comply with / to obey
never
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word
to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
to go easy / unhurried / calm / Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
thus / thereby
HSK 5
retinue / hangers-on
(idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
HSK 7-9
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
what course to follow / what path to take
doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
to follow the crowd / to conform
to own up to the facts
accessory to a crime / accomplice
to follow obediently
to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone
to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
to study under (a teacher)
employee / person employed in a trade or profession
to practice (a trade)
HSK 7-9
not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
older male second cousin
subordinate
from / (ever) since
to trust and obey
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
(dialect) before / in the past / previously
at one's discretion
to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
Conghua, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
paternal uncle's son; nephew
(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
to start from scratch
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant
from here on
minor official / to be an official
(Internet slang) huge crowds of people (emphatic form of )
to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)
not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
to work as an artist
to comply with / to follow (directives) / to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
to accompany / to follow / to attend / entourage / attendant
to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer
to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience
obedient / to comply / to submit / to defer
HSK 7-9
economical; modest
from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
strict; rigorous; severely
(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔 rather than 漢城|汉城)
to obey / to observe / to follow
maternal aunt
lenient; leniently
(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation
mounted escort
to assent / to comply with
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
clause
(idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start
accomplice under duress; coerced accomplice; induced accomplice
to be lenient (in sentencing)
aide-de-camp
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to work as a teacher

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