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  *从* | 从* | *从
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
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  *从* | 从* | *从
variant of 從|从
HSK 1
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
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
thus / thereby
HSK 5
from within / therefrom
HSK 5
never
HSK 6
never (in the past) / never did
HSK 6
to practice (a trade)
HSK 7-9
to go easy / unhurried / calm / Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
HSK 7-9
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
calm / unruffled
HSK 7-9
never
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surname Cong
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
clause
to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
to enlist / to serve in the army
to work as a teacher
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
to be lenient (in sentencing)
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
subordinate
(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade
to work as a doctor
readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
lenient; leniently
to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested
(idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length
to enlist / to be in the army
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
preferential treatment / most favored terms
to work as an artist
to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)
(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible
to omit (less important details etc)
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
economical; modest
to start from scratch
paternal uncle's son; nephew
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
employee / person employed in a trade or profession
from head to foot
from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
paternal uncle
unhurried / all in good time
to deal with sb severely (idiom)
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting
-driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley)
not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone
doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
to own up to the facts
from here on
whence? / where from?
have never / has never
older male second cousin
(dialect) before / in the past / previously
minor official / to be an official
strict; rigorous; severely
people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional
maternal aunt
accessory to a crime / accomplice
to follow the crowd / to conform
to adopt a simplified approach; to keep things simple
(literary) follower; attendant
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)


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