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名从主人

míng cóng zhǔ rén phrase

Traditional: 名從主人

  1. (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use
  2. 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])
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