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Examples:having same given name and family name—Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)—(used in an ancient given name)—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—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—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)—make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)—what do (under given circumstances)—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—having given away a bride, lose one's army on top of it [idiom.]—be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter [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—give face to somebody by doing favors on their behalf—give direct instructions on the way to deal with a matter—hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account—lit. give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation—cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity—teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction—give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one—lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.—give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished—give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)—don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through the end—give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life—sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant give up—(of folk artists) give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc—give birth a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)—lit. throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)—distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. give generously in a public cause—give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor [idiom.]—give one's bare heart into sb. else's keeping (idiom); sb. has one's absolute confidence— |