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grandson / son's son
HSK 4
son's daughter / granddaughter
HSK 4
offspring / posterity
HSK 7-9
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
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surname Sun
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grandson / descendant
great-granddaughter
two-character surname Gongsun
Amazon
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line
Amazon River
descendant
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition)
children of the nobility
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空
great-grandson
great-grandson
great-great-grandson
lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom) / fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period
Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty
Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line
Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar
Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
the original name of 孫中山|孙中山, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党
Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首 / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士
Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC / same as Bai Qi 白起
Sun Bin's "The Art of War"
Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Samson, biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for his strength and feats against the Philistines
younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
daughter's daughter / granddaughter
son's son's wife; grandson's wife
Sunwu, a county in Heihe City 黑河市, Heilongjiang
Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang
(coll.) daughter's son / grandson
granddaughter (son's daughter)
son's daughter's husband / granddaughter's husband
Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard
the Chinese remainder theorem
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang / same as 孫中山|孙中山
Thompson or Thomson (name)
granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
goddess of fertility
Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
eldest grandson (to sustain upper storeys of ancestor worship)
yellowtail
(coll.) son of a bitch / bastard
Goddess of Fertility
grandnephew
grand niece
(idiom) one's posterity
Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist
Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)
great-granddaughter
great-grandson
two-character surname Zhangsun
eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son


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