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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
common people
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
having same given name and family name
maiden name (of married woman)
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
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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