20 paintings of traditional Chinese characters.
Basic explanation of offering
1. Give it respectfully and solemnly: dedication, contribution, donation, dedication, gift, borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha.
2. Show off: show off your skills, show off your skills, show off your flattery, show off your ugliness.
3. In ancient times, it refers to a sage, especially a person who is familiar with anecdotes: literature.
Chinese dictionary definition of Xian
A dog used to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple. By extension, it refers to sacrifice; generally refers to sacrifices; drinking wine; referring to drinking once; dedication, tribute, refers to the vassal's offering of gifts; dedication. Give something to someone you respect or respect; dedicate. To contribute, to express one's thoughts, opinions, etc.; to refer to something contributed; to enter, to enter. See "Xian Sui" and "Xian Chun".
Present, appear; express. See "show hospitality", "show skills"; sage; refers to books, cultural relics, etc. with historical value; surname. During the Warring States and Qin Dynasties, there were provisions for offering sacrifices. See Han Yingshao's "Customs and Surnames".
The meaning of the name "dedication"
means to give something respectfully and solemnly; to show it; to a wise person.
The meaning of the name with the word "dedicated"
The word "dedicated" used in the name implies the meaning of a wise man, modesty, kindness, and politeness, and it means auspiciousness and connotation.
Expand knowledge - analysis of close meaning
Contribution, contribution.
Both of these two words have the meaning of "dedication, contribution", but "tribute" mostly refers to dedication to the monarch, while "xian" means to give it respectfully, either to the monarch or to the monarch. It’s for other people.
Etymology explanation
Knowledge words. The left part is the character "鬳 (yǎn)" and the right part is the character "dog". "鬳", later the word "甗", is an ancient utensil used for steaming and cooking. It consists of two parts, the upper part is Zeng (zèng) and the lower part is Li (lì). This can also be seen from the shape of the oracle bone inscriptions.
The academic community has not yet unanimously explained the meaning of the configuration of "Xian". Generally speaking, "笳 (笳)" represents cooking utensils, and "dog" represents the offering. Cooking food to offer sacrifices to ancestors and gods has the extended meaning of advancement. The combination of the two means that dogs are used as sacrificial offerings. "Shuowen Jiezi" and "Book of Rites" all have the word "genixian" as evidence. Dogs are dog sacrifices, and it is more reasonable to extend it to the meaning of sacrifice.