从（從）cónɡ

Ⅰ  ❶ （跟随） follow: ～ 师 be an apprentice；～ 俗 follow the general custom;conform to custom；～ 征 go on a military expedition
❷ (顺从；听从) comply with;obey: ～ 命 comply with sb.'s wish;obey an order；
屈 ～ submit to;yield to
❸ (从事；参加) join;be engaged in: ～ 军 join the army;enlist
❹ （采取某种方针或态度） in a certain manner or according to a certain principle: ～ 宽处理 be lenient in treatment；～ 速 be as quickly as possible；～ 严处理 be severe in treatment Ⅱ ❶ （跟随的人） follower;attendant: ～ 者如云 have a large following；
随 ～ attendant;retainer;retinue
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 公 Cong Gong Ⅲ  ❶ (从属的；次要的) secondary;accessary: 分别首 ～ distinguish between the chief culprit and the accessary；
主 ～ the primary and the secondary
❷ （堂房亲属） relationship between cousins,etc. of the same paternal grandfather,great-grandfather or a yet earlier common ancestor;of the same clan: ～ 兄 first,second or distant cousin of the same clan;cousin Ⅳ  （表示起于或经过） from;through: ～ 表面看 to the eye;on the face of it；～ 长远看 from a long-term point of view;in the long run；～ 根本上说 essentially;in essence；～ 经验中得来 school of hard knocks；～ 理论到实践 from theory to practice；～ 某人面前走开 get out of sb.'s sight；～ 全局出发 proceed from the situation as a whole；～ 实际出发 proceed from the actual situation;proceed from reality；～ 现在起 from now on；～ 这儿往西 go west from here;west of here Ⅴ  (从来，用在否定词前面) ever: ～ 不迟到 be never late；～ 不计较个人的名誉地位 never give any consideration to personal fame and position；
她在成绩和荣誉面前 ～ 不骄傲。 Her head was never turned by achievements or honours. 我 ～ 没离开过这个地方。 I've never been away from here.
另见 see also cōnɡ。
◆从长计议 give the matter further thought and discuss it later;be talked about at length;confer with sb. on a long-range plan;consider carefully before making a decision.;deliberate;need further consideration;should be discussed at length;take more time to consider the matter;take one's time in coming to a decision;talk sth. over at length;Things can be talked at length.；
从此 from this time on;from now on;from then on;henceforth;thereupon；
从 ... 到 from ... to...；
从动 slave;slave drive;{机} driven；
从而 thus;thereby;thereupon then;so then;as a result；
从犯 accessary criminal;accessary;accessory offender；
从缓 bide time;postpone;put off；
从价 [拉] {经} ad val.;ad valorem；
从简 conform to the principle of simplicity;be simple;forgo pageantry；
从谏如流 be able to accept advice from one's inferiors;follow advices like the flowing;readily to listen to advice;listen to or follow good advices as water flows downward；
从井救人 jump into the well to save the drowning man — a method not suited for the purpose;go into a well to save a man only to find oneself in a dilemma;injure oneself and not to benefit the others;risk one's life or compromise one's own interest without doing others any good;try to do a good deed in the wrong way；
从句 {语} subordinate clause；
从军 join the army;enlist;enter the service;take service；
从宽 be lenient;handle leniently；
从来 always;at all times;all along；
从良 (of prostitutes) get married；
从量税 {经} specific duty;specific tariff；
从略 be omitted；
从女 brother's daughter;niece；
从前 before;formerly;in the past;once upon a time;a long time ago;some time ago;[古] sometime；
从轻 settle case (punishment,etc.) rather on the lenient side；
从权 as a matter of expediency；
从戎 [书] join the army;enlist;enlist in the army;enter the service；
从师 acknowledge sb. as one's master [teacher]；从事 go in for;devote oneself to;be engaged in;be busy with;busy sb. with;be occupied in [with];occupy oneself with;be bound up in;be about;be concerned with;take part in;take up;go about;get busy;take to;take up with;work on;throw oneself into;（处理） deal with; handle; 从叔 [书] father's younger male cousin；
从属 subordinate;dependence；
从俗 follow local customs;follow traditions;conform to conventions；
从速 as soon as possible;without delay；
从天而降 drop from the clouds;come down from heaven;come from above;descend from heaven to earth;descend [appear] out of the blue;fall from the sky;sudden unexpected arrival;very unexpectedly；
从头 from the beginning;[拉] ab origine;ab initio;（重新） anew;once again；
从小 from childhood;since one was very young;as a child；
从新 again;anew;afresh；
从心所欲 have whatever one's heart desires;do as one pleases;free-wheeling; 从刑 {律} accessary punishment; 从兄 [书] elder male cousin (on the paternal side)；
从严 severely;strictly;on the strict side；
从业 obtain employment;take up an occupation;get a job；
从一而终 be faithful to one's husband unto death;be loyal to one's spouse until his or her death；
从优 according to a higher scale;(give) as generously as possible;liberally；
从征 go on an expedition;go out to battle；
从政 enter politics;become a government official；
从中 out of;from among;therefrom；
从中渔利 reap profits from;cash in on;make capital out of;profit from [thereby];seek one's own gain out of；
从中作梗 place obstacles in the way;come between;create difficulties;hinder sb. from carring out a plan;make things difficult for sb.;put a spoke in sb.'s wheel