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Great Chinese Letters Tattoos – Most Romantic Words For Ink

This article shares with you 4 Chinese idioms about the sweetest thing I believe in life: LOVE. Most people have their first tattoo to show to the world how much love means to them. The majority of them would have their lover’s name on their body. Are you the one among them? If you are, please don’t miss the following stuff. After you have read this article, I believe you will be provided with a brand new perspective of what other great stuff you can have on your body to tell the whole world that love means everything to you. So here they are.

No 1. Bi Yi Shuang Fei, fly wing to wing

Bi Yi Shuang Fei literally means “fly wing to wing”. It is used to describe deeply beloved couples that move on with life. Bi Yi means “wing to wing”, and it’s most well-known in the classic romantic verse of Chinese poetry “Zai Tian Yuan Zuo Bi Yi Nian, Zai Di Yuan Wei Lian Li Zhi” .

( On high, we’d be two love birds flying wing to wing. On earth, two trees with branches twined from spring to spring. )

Personally I believe this is the best verse ever to celebrate the eternity of love. What I also firmly believe is that nearly any Chinese would associate Bi Yi Shuang Fei with that classic verse, and by doing this have a strong feeling of sweetness.

Have you already found the one that you just want to spend the rest of your life with? If you have, Bi Yi Shuang Fei would definitely be a lovely tattoo to have on you as well as your lover.

No 2. Hai Ku Shi Lan, when all seas are drained and all rocks are decayed

Hai Ku Shi Lan literally means “when all seas are drained and all rocks are decayed”. People use it to show an unusually strong will, which often suggests an ever lasting love. It’s like “I will love you no matter what the circumstances are”. Can you sense how much love in it when one says it wholeheartedly ? For Chinese people, this type of expression has much more power than “I will always love you”.

Another famous and romantic saying of such kind of expression would be “Shan Wu Leng, Jiang Shui Wei Jie, Dong Lei Zheng Zheng, Xia Yu Xue, Tian Di He, Nai Gan Yu Jun Jue ( I shall part with you only when the mountains disappear, when the seas are drained, when it thunders in winters, and when it snows in summer )”.

I hope now you may get the way tChinese people express love. We tend not just spit it out directly, but in a subtle and tender way, which I think is the sweetest thing during an romantic relationship.

No 3. Shan Meng Hai Shi, promises of mountains and vows of seas

Shan Meng Hai Shi literally means “promises of mountains and vows of seas”.This is just another example of comparing nature to the eternity of love. Shan Meng Hai Shi suggests that the vows between lovers would endure as long as the mountains and seas. We can somehow infer from this saying that Chinese people tend to have some twists and turns when trying to say “forever”. Well, if that’s the way you prefer love to be expressed, you probably would also be willing  to have Shan Meng Hai Shi inked on you.

No 4. Tian Chang Di Jiu, to last as long as the universe

Tian Chang Di Jiu are most frequently used in wedding ceremonies by guests to wish for a lifelong happiness to the bride and the groom. Literally it means “to last as long as the universe”. You may feel somewhat strange by this kind of expression, but it’s quite common for Chinese people. Personally I have never attended a wedding ceremony in which guests propose a toast without uttering “Tian Chang Di Jiu”, which I think has practically become an unsaid custom.

I strongly recommend this one if you have just got married because Tian Chang Di Jiu usually serves as a blessing on weddings to Chinese. With this one as a tattoo, it seems as if you were blessed by us all. Just imagine how sweet this would be!

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The resorce from:www.linese.com The Jade Emperor wanted to select 12 animals as representatives to administrate the animal world. All the animals experienced innumerable trials and hardships before they arrived in heaven.

Interesting Chinese Name Culture

How Many Surnames in China?

According to the records of the One Hundred Family Names (a book about the Chinese surnames which was written in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty), there are 408 monosyllabic surnames and 30 hyphenated surnames in China. But by today’s statistics and other ancient documents there more than 5600 in China! In addition, some ethnic groups have names but have no surnames, for instance the Dai people.

Ten Common Used Surnames

According to the national census, the ten common used Chinese family names are Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Wu and Zhou.

How to Address Chinese People

It is customary to address Chinese by their given name, using the title Miss, Mrs., or Mr. until persons become good friends and know other’s nicknames. There are a large range of official titles and formal address forms in daily use, especially occupation-linked titles such as doctor, professor, and mayor.

Younger members address elder members according to their formal role within families such as elder brother, cousin, sister-in-law and so forth.

How Chinese Address Each Other

Mostly, Chinese address each other by their names. Take a girl whose full name is Li Hui Lan. People address her Li Hui Lan, Hui Lan, A Lan, or Xiao Lan, even some (those who are elder than she or of the same age) may call her Xiao Li. If a man whose full name is Huang Yue Po, people address his full name or Yue Po, or Lao Huang(usually those who are younger than he or of the same age), or Xiao Huang (usually those who are elder than he or of the same age). Interestingly, if the man with a pockmarked face, some people may not address his full name Huang Yue Po, they might nickname him Huang Ma Zi (Yellow Pockmarks).

But this is considered impolite.

Some Interesting Chinese Formal Names

If you can read Chinese and have lived in China for some years you may find some interesting Chinese names. Take some examples: “Chen Bai Wan”, this is a man’s name. “Chen” is his family name. “Bai Wan” means “millionaire” in Chinese; “Wang Da Fa” is another man’s name. “Da Fa” in his name indicates “making a big fortune”. From the two men’s names you can see their parents have based great hopes on the sons; “Wu You Mu”, “You Mu” in the name means “have wood”. The man may lack “wood” in his fate. According to “the five elements” in ancient Chinese philosophy, any one of the five (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) are indispensable for a person’s fate, or s/he will meet disaster; “Li Wei Dong”, “Yi Wei Hong”, and “Zheng Wen Ge”, all these names with very markedly characteristics of the times. The first one “Wei Dong” in the name means “defending Mao Zhe Dong”; the second “Wei Hong” means “defending the red political power”; the last “Wen Ge” means “cultural revolution”, from the names you can see that the three persons were born during 1966-1976; “Ning Zhao Di”, this is a girl’s name. She may be the first one child of the family or her parents have given birth to several girls before her, they want a boy after her so they name her “Wanting Brother”, this is considered a good wish; “Zhao Lai Fu”, “Lai Fu” in the name denotes “happiness coming”; “Qian Wang Cai”, “Wang Cai” means “prosperous and wealthy”, “Sun Guo Qing”, “Guo Qing” means “National Day”, so long as you meet a man whose name is “Guo Qing” you can draw the conclusion without question that his birthday is October first (the National Day of China). In addition, some Chinese parents name their children according to the 12 zodiacal animals. For instance, Song Sha Sha (***the site cannot read Chinese charcters, please click the url under this article to see the name), a girl’s name. The radicals “*”and “*” in the character “*” stand for grass and water in Chinese respectively. So you can make out the girl’s animal signs are ox, horse or sheep.

Some Funny Chinese Pet Names

Some pet names are also very interesting. If you have the opportunity to pay a visit to some Chinese rural areas you will discover some. For instance: “Tie Dan” literally “iron egg”; “Lao Da” (the oldest child), “Lao Er” (the second oldest child), “Lao San” (the third oldest child), “Lao Si” (the fourth oldest child); “Gou Sheng” literally “dog has as remainder”. In the rural Chinese areas, dog is considered having strong vitality. And because the boy is the last son of the parents, they hope he can grow adult. In the remote villages, some uneducated fond parents may give pet name their children “Da Gou” (the first dog); “Er Gou” (the second dog); “San Gou” (the third dog); “Si Gou” (the fourth dog)… by parity of reasoning.

Chinese Name Culture
China in everyone’s mind is a mysterious colour, because there was eighth wonder of the world terracotta warriors. It will be a mystery. China is formal state, has thousands of years the cultural history, this makes it in people’s eyes more magic. Do you know? Chinese name is a culture. Please follow me to come together to understand Chinese name culture
The Chinese are a bit superstitious, especially while giving the name to the newborns. They presume that the name plays a large part in controlling the life span of the young one. They mostly adopt the principle of Yin & Yang, Five Elements, etc. with respect to this. Strokes form the character in Chinese. Yin refers to even number of strokes, while Yang refers to odd number of strokes. The number of strokes plays the vital part. Date of birth and time are made use of in determining the eight characters, which is known as Ba Zi.
Some parents prefer names depending upon his expectations-like health, intelligence, position in life etc. Some others consider historical event while naming the baby.
For those believing in astrology a child’s name may be according to the time and date of birth. The season may also be considered. The birth year, animal signs etc may also play a role in the naming.
The most lacking element in the chart is water. Astrologer will find a name pertaining to water. Suitable names are water, river, pond, lake, ocean etc. Winter is also okay, but to a small extend. If the lacking element is wood, names like forest, tree, bamboo etc may suffice.
Some others look for a name that accommodates the needed element.
Normally Chinese adopt basic characters. As an example, the character for fire and earth make up that for stove. So if fire or earth is absent, give the name related to stove.

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