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HSK
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *从* | 从* | *从
variant of 從|从
HSK 1
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
previously / formerly / once upon a time
HSK 3
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
since (a time) / ever since
HSK 3
always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
HSK 3
from now on / since then / henceforth
HSK 4
thus / thereby
HSK 5
from within / therefrom
HSK 5
to obey (an order) / to comply / to defer
HSK 5
never
HSK 6
never (in the past) / never did
HSK 6
anew / from the start
HSK 7-9
to go easy / unhurried / calm / Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
HSK 7-9
to practice (a trade)
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearken
HSK 7-9
obedient / to comply / to submit / to defer
HSK 7-9
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
HSK 7-9
from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
calm / unruffled
HSK 7-9
never
HSK 7-9
(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible
clause
maternal aunt
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *從* | 從* | *從
surname Cong
paternal uncle
paternal uncle's son; nephew
not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing
to assent / to comply with
employee / person employed in a trade or profession
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
to start from scratch
retinue / hangers-on
to comply with / to follow (directives) / to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
preferential treatment / most favored terms
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
to accompany / to follow / to attend / entourage / attendant
to enlist / to serve in the army
what course to follow / what path to take
(literary) follower; attendant
from / (ever) since
to enlist / to be in the army
to serve (an important personage) / attendant; retainer
to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
from head to foot
to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant
not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
subordinate
readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
minor official / to be an official
(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation
faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested
to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice / to take sb at his word
lenient; leniently
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)
to have relations with / to associate with
(dialect) before / in the past / previously
to be lenient (in sentencing)
to follow obediently
(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade
to comply with / to obey
to follow the crowd / to conform
strict; rigorous; severely
accessory to a crime / accomplice
to own up to the facts
unhurried / all in good time
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
at one's discretion
demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting
to trust and obey
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
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
(idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length
whatever you like / to do as one pleases
older male second cousin
to omit (less important details etc)
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
mounted escort
whence? / where from?
(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 submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
to work as a teacher
tame / obedient
to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
-driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley)
to work as a doctor
there has never been; has never had / (before a verb) has never
to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)

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