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wales23 -

im getting a tattoo done next month and i was wondering if the translation i have for it is right
是像水 (be like water) if this is right could you let me know and if its wrong could i please
have the right translation off as many people as possible so that the majority shows that its the
right way,as its going to be on me for life..thanks very much..Also if u have any way of making
the symbols bigger for me that would help as i need to draw them myself to give to the
tattooist..thanks again



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muyongshi -

I would drop the 是... it's not very necessary










imron -



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as i need to draw them myself

Please don't do this. If you absolutely must have a Chinese phrase permanently tattooed on your
body, at least do yourself the favour of going to a tattoist experienced with Chinese characters,
rather than relying on something you've drawn yourself. That way, you spare yourself the pain of
having the internet laugh at you.










Lu -

I'd make that 如水 (like water), more elegant wording.










muyongshi -

maybe more elegant but 像 is more complex of a character....

I think 如水 works better because it is used in some works I've seen as well as becase they are
both simple characters it would look really nice if done right (ie not by yourself!)










gougou -



Quote:

any way of making the symbols bigger



Quote:

i need to draw them myself to give to the tattooist..

Try MS Word. And a printer.










wales23 -

thanks for the advice on not drawing it myself,,is there anyone who is good enough to draw it for
me,,one of u guys maybe???,,i could give you my address n you could send it through the post for
me,,i would really apreciate it...anyone wanna help me out????
如水 (like water) is what i need drawn










wales23 -

i also checked out that website with all the peoples mistakes of having there tattoos written in
chinese characters..I really dont want this happening to me,i see that people who respect this
chinese calligraphy have a deep respect for the way its written and presented..The main reason i
want this tattoo is beacuse i study martial arts and i am well into bruce lee,a idol of mine who
inspires me every day of my life,so rather than get his name tattooed i wanted a famous quote by
him instead,and one of his quotes is ''to be like water''.. i would get it wrote in english but
for some reason i feel it has a deeper meaning for me if it was written in chines characters..I
really dont want it up,out of respect for the language..someone said ''like water'' would look
better and personally i like the sound of it too,so thanks.....










shibole -

First I should say, yea, I agree with most people that you shouldn't get something like this
permanently inscribed on your body. If you're like me you change your likes and dislikes every
year or two and it may not be long before you don't feel like being "like water" anymore. When
that day comes, oops. Too bad.

Actually it's kind of ironc that you want to be "like water" yet unlike water you want to be
permanently affixed with something.

If you can't find a Chinese calligrapher and you don't like the default Chinese fonts in Windows
or whatever you have, you might want to use this to generate your image:

http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/calligraphy.html

This will generate a PNG file that you can print from the browser like any other image.
If you really want to be original maybe you should go for seal script. That way, not only will
Chinese-illiterate people be unable to read it, but the vast majority of Chinese-literate people
probably won't be able to read it. (Though 如水 is pretty simple so it may be more than I think.)










imron -

If you're looking for the bruce lee quote, then 像水一样, is better than 如水.












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