Chinese dictionary
- 1
prep.from (a particular time, place or limit)
我们从北京出发。
We set off from Beijing.
他从上到下打量着我。
He looked me up and down.
从现在起,我就是一名大学生了。
From now on, I am a university student.
- 2
adv.ever; always (followed by a negative)
无论取得了多大的成就,她也从不骄傲。
Her head was never turned by achievements.
我从没离开家乡。
I've never been away from my hometown.
我从没听说过这种治疗方案。
I have never heard of such therapy.
- 3
v.join; be engaged in
从军
join the army
从征
go on a military expedition
从艺
take up art as a profession
- 4
v.comply with; obey; yield to
从命
comply with somebody's wish
力不从心
have the will but not the strength
顺从
comply with
- 5
v.adopt a certain attitude; follow a certain principle; in a certain manner or according to a certain principle
这种错误必须从严处理。
Such errors should be treat strictly.
即使如此富有,他们依然要求生活一切从简。
Rich as they are, they still lead a simple life.
考虑到他年幼无知,姑且从轻发落。
Considering his age, let's give him a lighter punishment.
- 6
v.follow
从师
be an apprentice
从俗
follow the general custom
- 7
n.entourage; follower; servant; attendant
随从
attendant
侍从
servant
- 8
n.relationship between cousins, etc of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather
从叔
uncle
从兄
cousin
- 9
adj.secondary; accessory
主从
the primary and the secondary
从犯
accessory to a crime