By combining more than one character into one, even more complex ideas could be expressed.

通过将多个字符组合成一个字符，甚至可以表达更复杂的思想。

Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.

有时候表达思想，一些字通过组合两个或者两个以上的汉字来创造。

Other characters would combine one character indicating a certain sound with another specifying meaning.

其他的字符会将一个表示某种声音的字符与另一个指定的含义结合起来。

It should have the dignity of a ceremony, as well as its unreality, and should combine the insincere character of a romantic play with the wit and beauty that make such plays delightful to us.

它应该有仪式的尊严，也应该有它的非现实性，并且应该将浪漫戏剧的虚伪特征与使我们喜欢的戏剧的机智和美丽结合起来。