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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

从谏如流cóng jiàn rú liú

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

从轻cóng qīng

to be lenient (in sentencing)

从速cóng sù

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

从难从严cóng nán cóng yán

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

从零开始cóng líng kāi shǐ

to start from scratch

从头到脚cóng tóu dào jiǎo

from head to foot

一部二十四史,不知从何说起yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

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

三从四德sān cóng sì dé

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

主从zhǔ cóng

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

人从rén cóng

retinue / hangers-on

人从众𠈌rén cóng zhòng yú

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

任从rèn cóng

at one's discretion

侍从官shì cóng guān

aide-de-camp

依从yī cóng

to comply with / to obey

信从xìn cóng

to trust and obey

名从主人míng cóng zhǔ rén

(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])

唯命是从wéi mìng shì cóng

to follow obediently

喜从天降xǐ cóng tiān jiàng

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

太阳从西边出来tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

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

恭敬不如从命gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng

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

应从yìng cóng

to assent / to comply with

打从dǎ cóng

from / (ever) since

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)

舍正从邪shě zhèng cóng xié

to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)

择善而从zé shàn ér cóng

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

弃恶从善qì è cóng shàn

to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)

病从口入bìng cóng kǒu rù

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

病从口入,祸从口出bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū

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

碍难从命ài nán cóng mìng

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

祸从口出huò cóng kǒu chū

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

老鼠拉龟,无从下手lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu

like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start

胁从犯xié cóng fàn

accomplice under duress / coerced accomplice / induced accomplice

行不从径xíng bù cóng jìng

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

言听计从yán tīng jì cóng

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

誓死不从shì sǐ bù cóng

to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)

跟从gēn cóng

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

轻车简从qīng chē jiǎn cóng

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

过从guò cóng

to have relations with / to associate with

驯从xùn cóng

tame / obedient

驺从zōu cóng

mounted escort

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