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surname and given name; full name
HSK 2
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  *姓* | 姓* | *姓
family name; surname / to be surnamed ...
HSK 2
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
family name
HSK 7-9
common people
to conceal one's identity / living incognito
The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname?
a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
caste system (traditional Indian social division)
having same given name and family name
maiden name (of married woman)
caste system
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
to pretend to be sb else
common people / average people / hoi polloi
I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
to conceal one's identity / living incognito
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜) (蔣|蒋 here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 and refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫)
common people; ordinary people
to revert to one's original surname
caste (traditional Indian social division)
two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马 or 諸葛|诸葛)
(of an emperor) to bestow a surname
to prey on the people


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