Saturday, October 29, 2005
"Bitter"
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb147728.jpg
苦 means "bitter", "hardship", or "suffering".
The three exact emotions this guy is going through right now.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Sunday, October 16, 2005
"Where To?"
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb149670.jpg
Due to the tattoo’s poor penmanship, it is very difficult to determine what the client’s original intension was.
The tattooed character could either be 何 (what, why, where, which, how) or 向 (direction).
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Big Mistake
This young man got two Chinese characters tattooed on his bicep and was told they meant "courage". I have posted about the exact same tattoo earlier, when I first saw it in 2003.
The phrase 大過 means “big mistake" or "shortcoming".
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Excrement
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51003/high/bmegl144166.jpg
Granted the character was done correctly, but the question still remains:
What is the purpose of having 糞 (excrement; feces) tattooed on one’s leg?
Update: Many readers have commented about this tattoo being fake. That is NOT true. The actual work was done by Danny Fowler of Ancient Art Tattoo in Roanoke, VA.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Firefly's "Electricity Caution" Sign
http://barneygumble742.tripod.com/firefly_xp.htm
Reader Norman emailed me this screen capture. The second character 電 (electricity) of this caution sign in the show Firefly is mirrored. It is also interesting to point out that in the future, spaceships will run on Microsoft Windows and don't lose those device driver disks.
Update: I saw the movie Serenity last night. Although there were some Chinese inconsistencies throughout the movie, overall it was very good. I have to say it was definitely one of the few good Sci-Fi movies that I have enjoyed in long time.
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