名从主人

Traditional: 名從主人

míng cóng zhǔ rén

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use

What does 名从主人 mean?

名从主人 (míng cóng zhǔ rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use

2to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])

Character breakdown

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名míngname · noun (part of speech)从cóngvariant of 從|从[cong2]主zhǔowner · master 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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名从主人

míng cóng zhǔ rén

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