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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[cóng]
  1. 1. verb [跟随] follow
    follow the crowd
    follow convention
  2. 2. verb [顺从] comply with
    obey
    言听计
    blindly follow
  3. 3. verb [从事] participate in
    enlist
  4. 4. verb [采取]
    严治理
    govern according to tougher principles
    一切
    do everything simply
  5. 5. noun [采取] follower
    attendant
  6. 6. adjective [从属] subordinate
    accessory
  7. 7. preposition [起于] from
    前到后
    from front to back
    明天起
    from tomorrow onwards
    山顶向远处眺望
    look out into the distance from the top of the mountain
    东到西
    from east to west
  8. 8. preposition [经过]
    轮船桥下经过。
    The boat passed underneath the bridge.
    飞机我们头顶飞过。
    The plane passed over our heads.
  9. 9. adverb [经过]
    never
    未见过大海。
    He's never seen the sea.
    未到过苏格兰。
    She's never been to Scotland.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[cóng]
  1. 1. verb follow; comply with; obey
    follow the general custom; conform to custom
    善如流。
  2. 2. verb join; be engaged in
    join the army; enlist
  3. 3. verb in a certain manner; according to a certain principle
    宽处理
    handle leniently; treat with leniency
    轻发落
    deal with an offender leniently
    这件事应缓办理。
    我们坚持“坦白宽,抗拒严”的原则。
  4. 4. noun, follower; attendant
    accompany or follow (one's superior); attend
  5. 5. adjective secondary; accessary
    accessary criminal; accessary
  6. 6. adjective relationship between cousins, etc. of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather
    兄弟
    cousins on the paternal side; cousins
    这是他的叔。
  7. 7. preposition from (a time, a place, or a point of view)
    上海到北京
    from Shanghai to Beijing
    现在起
    from now on
    全局出发
    proceed from the situation as a whole
    根本上说
    essentially; in essence
    我乘坐武汉到广州的火车。
    他是去年开始学书法的。
    办事情应整体着眼。
    这篇文章内容上讲很不错。
  8. 8. preposition via, through, or past (a place)
    门缝里往外看
    peep outside through a crevice in the door
    学校门前经过
    pass the school gate
    他把纸窗口扔了出去。
    汽车商店门口驶过。
  9. 9. adverb (followed by a negative) ever
    没听说过。
    Never heard of it.
    她在成绩面前不骄傲。
    Her head was never turned by success.
    没看过这部电影。
    他面对困难不气馁。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[cóng]
  1. 1. 跟着;随
    师学艺
  2. 2. 引进动作行为时间、处所、范围或变化的起点,相当于"自"
    今天起
    北京出发
    不认识到认识
  3. 3. 引进动作行为经过的路线、场所
    小路走
    水里游过去
  4. 4. 引进动作行为的凭借、依据
    种种迹象看
    工作上考虑
  5. 5. 用在否定词前面,表示过去以来,相当于"来"
    不迟到
    没见过
  6. 6. 跟随的人
  7. 7. 附属的;次要的
  8. 8. 同宗的;堂房的(亲属)
  9. 9. ;依顺
    力不
  10. 10. 依照;采取(某种原则或态度)
    坦白宽,抗拒
    丧事
    欲购
  11. 11. 参加;参与
    投笔
  12. 12. 统读cónɡ,不读cōnɡ

Examples

正面看,侧面看,这尊雕塑都无可挑剔 侧面
一切人民的利益出发,而不是个人或小集团的利益出发。 小集团
用一个团正面主攻,两个连侧翼包抄。 主攻
我们的办事处西区搬迁到东区了。
Our office has moved from the west to the east district. 搬迁
希望你思想上多给我帮助。
I hope you will give me as much help as you can to improve myself. 帮助
两翼包抄逃敌
out flank the fleeing enemy on both wings 包抄
他把儿子派出所保了出来。
He bailed his son out from the police substation.
堡垒是最容易内部攻破的。
The easiest way to capture a fortress is from within. 堡垒
刚才有一拨子队伍这里过去了。
A group of soldiers passed by just now. 拨子
他慢慢地,不慌不忙地椅子上站起来,然后开始讲话。
Slowly and deliberately he rose from his chair and began to speak. 不慌不忙

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nciku Note

Prepositions as conveyors of time

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A preposition is used before an object, noun, pronoun or a phrase, to form a phrase that describes a place, position, direction, method, time, object, aim, or the passive voice. Prepositional phrases can be used as adverbial adjuncts, objects, attributives or compliments. Normal prepositions that convey time such as “从”,“自”,“自从”,“由”,“打”,“在”,“当”,“于” are placed before time words. “当” is often used with “的时候” together to form an adverbial adjunct.

e.g. (1)他从6岁开始坚持每天锻炼身体。 (2)他自(自从)那天就再也没有迟到过。 (3)这家银行营业时间:由9点到17点。 (4)打昨天起他就觉得头痛。 (5)当我想起他的时候,他已经不见了。 (6)新中国成立于1949年。

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