从[cóng]

动

1. follow; comply with; obey

♦ ~俗 follow the general custom; conform to custom

2. join; be engaged in

♦ 从军

3. in a certain manner; according to a certain principle

♦ ~宽处理 handle leniently; treat with leniency

♦ ~轻发落 deal with an offender leniently

名follower; attendant

♦ 随从

形

1. secondary; accessary

♦ 从犯

2. relationship between cousins, etc. of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather

♦ ~兄弟 cousins on the paternal side; cousins

介

1. from (a time, a place, or a point of view)

♦ ~上海到北京 from Shanghai to Beijing

♦ ~现在起 from now on

♦ ~全局出发 proceed from the situation as a whole

♦ ~根本上说 essentially; in essence

2. via, through, or past (a place)

♦ ~门缝里往外看 peep outside through a crevice in the door

♦ ~学校门前经过 pass the school gate

副(followed by a negative) ever

♦ ~没听说过。 Never heard of it.

♦ 她在成绩面前~不骄傲。 Her head was never turned by success.