You have at least one friend who has a tattoo of a Chinese and/or other Asian character.
Yes? Yes. Now, it might not just be a character. It might be two. Or it might even have the English "translation" underneath it. Something like honor, or power, or love, or some combination of characters that your friend insists mean harmony or balance or stoic warrior or something.
But does your friend speak or read or even understand Chinese? No, he does not. He just thinks it looks "fierce" on his arm.
I discovered that this phenomenon is not limited to Western culture. It exists in China, too. But not on skin. On t-shirts, mostly. And magnets and some bumper stickers.
When I was in China this fall, I took pictures of these things. I will post them until I run out. They are found in translation. Get it? Because I found them and they are translations? And it's like that movie but the opposite? Enjoy!
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My friend has the Chinese word for "forever" on her ankle. She got it when she got married. Too bad that a little over a year later she got divorced. I suggested adding the letter JK (in chinese of course!)
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