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Examples:(used in female given names) (old)—having same given name and family name—Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—typical weather in a given season—word family (cognate words within a given language)—fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given the local commander in a brocade bag)—dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)—subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)—(according an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students—lady who has given birth twice—outstanding founding minister (title given reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)—sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)—posthumous name given second emperor of a dynasty—tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)—die (i.e. tool for cutting wire a given diameter)—one of the given (options etc)—make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)—courtesy or style name traditionally given males aged 20 in dynastic China—lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible escape—Yuriko, Japanese girl's given name, translates Christian name Lily—be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter [idiom.]—having given away a bride, lose one's army on top of it [idiom.]—can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready give and take—start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account—give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country—adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support)—want stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up—give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically—lit. retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength—(of folk artists) give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc—give one's child the best education as a career investment—give birth a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)—minister not afraid give forthright criticism—give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man fish and you feed him for a lifetime—neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral—distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. give generously in a public cause—give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor [idiom.]—(lit.) Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave [idiom.]— |