Results for “从”

from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly

to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom) / to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)

to be lenient (in sentencing)

(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible

to impose demanding and strict conditions (esp. in training) / to train under deliberately difficult and strict conditions

to start from scratch

from head to foot

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[dé], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary

retinue / hangers-on

(Internet slang) huge crowds of people (emphatic form of 人[rén])

at one's discretion

aide-de-camp

to comply with / to obey

to trust and obey

(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[Shǒu ěr] rather than 漢城|汉城[Hàn chéng])

to follow obediently

joy from heaven (idiom) / overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event

lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly

deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)

to assent / to comply with

from / (ever) since

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

to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)

Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

difficult to obey orders (idiom) / much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply

Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.

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

lit. not following the straight path (idiom) / fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study

to see, hear and obey (idiom) / to take advice / to take sb at his word

to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)

to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant

(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation

to have relations with / to associate with

tame / obedient