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What 爱 means in a Chinese nameài

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爱；喜爱。

To love — defined in the Analects as a practice, not a feeling.

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爱人
爱人 The whole definition

樊迟问仁，子曰：爱人。

Fan Chi asked about humaneness. The Master said: it is to love people.

论语 · 颜渊篇 · our translation
Humaneness, defined in two words. 爱 is a verb here, not an adjective. 孔子把「仁」直接定义成「爱人」，两个字。名字用「爱」，分量就在这里——它不是形容词，是动作。
仁爱爱人爱之爱华慈爱
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A verb, not an adjective.

「爱」是动作，不是形容词。

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