名從主人
míng​cóng​zhǔ​rén

to use the original name

  • created sense approved 名从主人/名從主人 · míng​cóng​zhǔ​rén · to use the original name — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名从主人 / 名從主人

    míng​cóng​zhǔ​rén

    to use the original name

    (idiom) to refer to a person, thing, or place by the name its owner or inhabitants use rather than by a name from another language or older language

    名 (literal) → 名 · míng · name 从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · to comply with 主人 (literal) → 主人 · zhǔ​rén · owner

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense