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名从主人

名
名
从
從
主
主
人
人
(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[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])

Characters and words in 名从主人

名
míng = mi + (e)ng2
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
Add a new mnemonic for 名 = 口 + 夕
从
從
cóng = cu + (e)ng2
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
Add a new mnemonic for 从 = 人
Add a new mnemonic for 從 = 彳 + 从 + 止
主
zhǔ = zhu + Ø3
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
Add a new mnemonic for 主 = 丶 + 王
主
人
master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4]
人
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Add a new mnemonic for 人 = 丿 + ㇏

Words with 名从主人

名从主人 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 名从主人

名从主人 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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