(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]{sau2 ji5} rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]{hon3 sing4})
2 Written Forms
Meanings
1(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use
2to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3]{sau2 ji5} rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]{hon3 sing4})