快乐汉语 - 罗斯起名

to give a name; to name (someone) (qǐ míng zì; qǔ míng zì)

not creative (mméi chuàng yì)

dictionary (zìdiǎn)

idea, opinion (zhǔyi)

casual; careless; to do as one pleases (suí biàn)

the Tang as in Tang Dynasty (sentence pattern) (táng cháo de táng)

to change name (gǎi míng)

Childhood name, nickname (xiǎo míng)

provide for, support, feed (yǎnɡ huó)

easy to raise (hǎo yǎng huó)

with good reputation; resounding (xiǎng dāng dāng)

recommend; recommendation (tuījiàn)

then it will be okay; it will do (jiù xíng le)

sit wherever you want (sentence pattern - question form + positive response)

to demand, to request; demand, request (yāo qiú)

modest, make modest remarks (qiān xū)

Hundred Surnames (bǎi jiā xìng)

family name, surname (xìng shì) (both 姓 & 氏 mean "family name" nowadays. Originally, 姓 is to indicate the blood relationship or noble clans, and 氏 referred to the branch or clan)

single character surname (dān xìng)

Compound surname; double-character surname (fùxìng)

since ancient times (cóng gǔ dào jīn)

talented people come out in succession (rén cái bèi chū)

a great philosopher in ancient China and the founder of Taoism (lǎo zǐ) (when pronounced as "lǎo zi", it's a slang for father)

(sūn zǐ) Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period. Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an influential work of military strategy that has affected both Western and East Asian philosophy and military thinking (when pronounced as "sūn zi", it mean grandson)

(as a result complement = the action has been completed or settled)

pronunciation (fāyīn)

Father of Philosophy (zhé xué zhī fù) zhé xué = philosophy

thinker; philosopher (sīxiǎngjiā)

(jūn shì jiā) military strategist

to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding (wù huì)

to create a misunderstanding (nào wù huì)

to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from (bì miǎn)

taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from (jì huì)

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (used as a verb) (rùxiāngsuísú）