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What 敏 means in a Chinese namemǐn

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敏mǐn · B
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敏捷、聪敏。

Quick — of hand, of mind, of response.

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讷言敏行
讷言敏行 Slow to speak, quick to do

君子欲讷于言而敏于行。

A gentleman wants to be slow in speech and quick in action.

论语 · 里仁篇 · our translation
Confucius pairs slowness of speech with quickness of action. A name takes the second. 孔子把「敏」和「讷」放在一句里：话要慢，事要快。名字用「敏」，取的是后者。
聪敏敏行敏之志敏敏学
In a name

Quickness in doing, not in talking.

「敏」在做事上，不在说话上。

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