‘大学’ (dà xué) literally means ‘great learni

'dāngzhōng' literally combines 'dāng' (meaning

中文 (Zhōngwén) literally means 'middle kingdom

中心 (zhōngxīn) literally combines 中 (zhōng),

'Zhōngxué' literally combines 'zhōng' (middle)

‘Zhōngguó’ literally means ‘Middle Kingdom’

这儿 (zhèr) is a colloquial, contracted form of

这边 (zhè biān) literally combines 这 (zhè, 'th

‘中国人’ literally means ‘person of China’ and

'有名' (yǒu míng) literally means 'has reputatio

在内 is a prepositional phrase meaning 'inside' or

'Zài jiā' literally combines the preposition 'z

'学校的' is a possessive phrase meaning 'school's'

This five-stroke character looks like a person hol

A ‘ghost’ (鬼) fused with ‘not yet’ (未) — cr

Its 16 strokes trace a graceful exit — not panic,

Looks like grass over a spreading hand — born to

Born as a pictograph of a lid on a vessel, 盖 now