范

pattern / model / example

surname Fan

"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

variant of 泛[fan4]

grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]

to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example

model / fine example

model / example / paragon

to submit / to give in

model worker

small-scale / local / to a limited extent

teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)

normal university / teacher training college

teacher's college / normal school

technical specification

scope of authority / mandate

Zhanjiang Normal University

to neglect to take precautions / relaxed vigilance

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记

East China Normal University (ECNU)

not standard / abnormal / irregular

secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)

Beijing Normal University

large-scale

(math.) derived category