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Information of 从

Pinyin cóng、 zòng、 zōng

Radical

人

Strokes

4 strokes

Usage

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Definition

lax / yielding / unhurried, from / obey / observe / follow, second cousin

从 1. 跟随: to follow. 例: 愿～其后。 (Willing to follow after.) 2. 依顺: to comply; to obey. 例: 顺～。盲～。～善如流。 (Comply with; blindly follow; flow like water in goodness.) 3. 采取，按照: to adopt; to act according to. 例: ～优。 (Adopt preferentially.) 4. 从事; 参加: to engage in; to participate. 例: ～业。～政。投笔～戎。 (Engaged in profession; participating in politics; throwing down pen to join the military.) 5. 由，自: from; by. 例: ～古至今。～我做起。 (From ancient times to the present; starting from myself.) 6. 跟随的人: follower; attendant. 例: 侍～。仆～。 (Attendants; servants.) 7. 宗族中次于至亲的亲属: less close relatives in the clan. 例: ～父 (Uncles, a general term for father’s brothers.) 8. 次要的: secondary; subordinate. 例: 主～。～犯。 (Main and secondary; accomplice.) 9. 中国魏以后，古代官品: an ancient title in official ranks after the Wei dynasty in China (with "main rank" and "secondary rank"). 例: 宋代龙图阁大学士为从二品。 (In the Song Dynasty, the Grand Scholar of the Longtu Pavilion was of the second secondary rank.) 10. 姓: surname. 11. 自，由: from (as a preposition indicating origin). 例: 客从何处来。 (Where do the guests come from?) 12. 因由: reason; cause. 例: 欲贵其小女，道无从。 (To favor his daughter, there’s nowhere to turn.) 13. 次要的、追随的人或物: secondary; followers. 例: 从车(副车) (Secondary vehicle; assistant car.) 14. 堂房亲属: relationship of the same clan. 例: 从母 (Maternal aunt; mother’s sister.) 15. 言词顺畅的: smooth. 例: 贵在于意达言从，理归乎正。 (Valuable in being straightforward in expression and correct in reasoning.) 16. 次要: accessory. 例: 如: 从犯 (Accessory to a crime.) 17. 古同“纵”，竖，直: ancient meaning "to be vertical" or "direct." 18. 古同“纵”，放任: ancient meaning "to let go" or "to indulge." 参见「从容」条: See the entry for "从容" (composure/calm).

从头到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi

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

从头至尾 cóng tóu zhì wěi

from cover to cover / from title page to colophon / cephalocanudad / all the way

屈从 qū cóng

to capitulate

从属 cóng shǔ

subordinate

悲从中来 bēi cóng zhōng lái

overcome by feeling of sorrow / feel sadness welling up

惟命是从 wéi mìng shì cóng

always do as one is told / be absolutely obedient / receive absolutely one's instruction

投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng

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

扈从 hù cóng

cortege / retainer / retinue / lictor

抗拒从严 kàng jù cóng yán

severe punishment to those who stubbornly refuse to acknowledge their crimes / severe punishment to resister

择善而从 zé shàn ér cóng

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

从未有过 cóng wèi yǒu guò

have no precedent

从中作梗 cóng zhōng zuò gěng

place obstacles in the way / create difficulties / hinder sb. from carring out a plan

侍从 shì cóng

to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer

依从 yī cóng

to comply with / to obey

盲从 máng cóng

to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience

仆从 pú cóng

footman / retainer / henchman

仆从国 pú cóng guó

vassal country

从今 cóng jīn

从此 cóng cǐ

from now on / since then / henceforth

是从 shì cóng

From

从来 cóng lái

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

从未 cóng wèi

never

服从 fú cóng

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

自从 zì cóng

since (a time) / ever since

从不 cóng bù

never

从前 cóng qián

previously / formerly / once upon a time

从小 cóng xiǎo

from childhood / as a child

从来不 cóng lái bù

never

从中 cóng zhōng

from within / therefrom

从没 cóng méi

never (in the past) / never did