surname and given name; full name

common people

ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]

family name

what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname?

to conceal one's identity; living incognito

single-character surname

to revert to one's original surname

to change one's surname

a Han family name (surname); (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group

caste (traditional Indian social division)

(of an emperor) to bestow a surname

maiden name (of married woman)

The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames

caste system (traditional Indian social division)

having same given name and family name

common people; ordinary people

caste system

see 隱姓埋名|隐姓埋名[yin3 xing4 mai2 ming2]

to pretend to be sb else

to prey on the people

common people; average people; hoi polloi

friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[Sha1 jia1 bang1]) (蔣|蒋[Jiang3] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] and 汪[Wang1] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[Wang1 Jing1 wei4])

see 行不更名，坐不改姓[xing2 bu4 geng1 ming2 , zuo4 bu4 gai3 xing4]

I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions

only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not; quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi