名从主人
Traditional form:
名從主人
Pinyin (reading):
míngcóngzhǔrén
Definitions:
- (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 ( Shǒu'ěr) rather than 漢城／汉城 ( Hànchéng))
Characters:
- 名 - name; position, rank, title
- 从 - from, by, since, whence, through
- 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord
- 人 - man, person; people
Traditional characters: