名从主人 — Chinese idiom
名从主人
míng cóng zhǔ rén
Traditional: 名從主人
Meaning
- 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 首尔 (Shǒu ěr) rather than 汉城 (Hàn chéng))
Character by character
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 主zhǔto own; to host; master; host; lord
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
- 人如其名 rén rú qí míng
- 冒名顶替 mào míng dǐng tì
- 功名利禄 gōng míng lì lù
- 功成名就 gōng chéng míng jiù
- 名不副实 míng bù fù shí
- 名不符实 míng bù fú shí
- 名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán
- 名利双收 míng lì shuāng shōu
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