On Vacation

Dear Readers,Starting on Dec. 17th, I will be traveling through Oregon and California for three weeks. Thanks to the great folks at Gmail for hooking me up with Gmail Mobile, so if anyone has any tips about interesting places to visit, please feel free to email me.In the meantime, please entertain yourselves with this Japanese etiquette guide about...

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"Ding Dong"

When I saw this photo, the first two questions popped into my mind are:1. Is the witch dead?2. Are the fries done?The four-character phrase (circled in red) on this young man's left forearm is the literal translation that means "the sound of ding-don...

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Arbor Snowboard - "Push"

http://www.arborsports.com/06/snowboards/html/push_06.htmlIn the promotional pamphlet for "Push" from Arbor Snowboards, the characters circled in red are mirrored. It could be an "artistic" thing.http://www.arborsports.com/06/snowboards/html/push_06_lrg.htmlIf the phrase on the snowboard is translated back into English one character per word, 女表達...

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Bewitch Hero Energy

http://flickr.com/photos/shadowbox/25270163/ Many tattoo shops prohibit any photographs to be taken in their shops. I never really asked why but have always assumed it has something to do with copyrights. It always makes me cringe whenever I see template displays in tattoo shops with incorrect translation and wrongly written characters. Thanks...

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Manzo's Tattoo

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"Friendless"

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"Hair Splitting"

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"Shi"

http://www.shistudio.com (thanks to Jonathan for the photo)Well designed business cards are necessary to attract potential clients’ attention. Shi Studio recently passed out these cards at a Toronto art show. According to their website, “Shi means poems in Chinese”.That is absolutely correct.Unfortunately, that is not what is printed on their...

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Associated Press: Lost in Translation

http://asap.ap.org/stories/199840.sStephanie Hoo of Associated Press has written a piece about Hanzi Smatter called "Lost in Translation, Are you SURE that Chinese tattoo means what you think it means?". Thanks!Use "HANZI2006" to save 10% on any t-shirt purchase at Jlist.com, and save 25% for 3 shirts or mo...

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"Death Wish"

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"Fraud Blessing"

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51121/high/bmepb168208.jpgI am not sure if this person wanted 诈 (fraud) or 祚 （blessing) on his arm. 诈 is the simplified version of 詐. The lower partial in 爱 (simplified 愛) should be 友, not 反.Use "HANZI2006" to save 10% on any t-shirt purchase at Jlist.com, and save 25% for 3 shirts or mo...

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"Gratitude"

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Raven's Lazy Eye

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"Think"

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"Sisters"

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"Peter"

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"Katherine"

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Shawn Marion - The Matrix

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Asian Font Gibberish

According to reader “Quaz”:“It is a picture of a tattoo taken by some racist, who apparently just downloaded an ‘Asian’ font from the Internet, wrote ‘SAY NO TO NIGGERS’ with that font and let somebody to tattoo it in his back. Of course, since languages don't work that way - which apparently is too much to comprehend for our little white supremacist...

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Einstein Wants to Know

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Ultimate Mandarin Chinese

Textbook is one of the basic tools for someone to learn a foreign language. When there are typos in a beginning-intermediate level Chinese textbook, usually students would assume they are “correct” and move on. I wonder how the editors of “Ultimate Mandarin Chinese” would feel after reading this post, especially when the slogan on its cover says...

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"Forever Cherish"

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"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.Use "HANZI2006" to save 10% on any t-shirt purchase at Jlist.com, and save 25% for 3 shirts or mo...

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GQ magazine Nov. 2005 Issue

In Nov. 2005 issue of GQ magazine, there is an article called "The Office Dick" by Cecil Donahue. It identifies "The Common Two-Face Slacker" with the characteristics of "odd facial piercings" and "Chinese character tattooed on back of neck".Use "HANZI2006" to save 10% on any t-shirt purchase at Jlist.com, and save 25% for 3 shirts or mo...

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Etch a Mac

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The Seven Sins

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51022/high/bmepb151995.jpgAnyone who has ever read Dante Alighieri’s La divina commedia or “The Divine Comedy” (It was a required reading when I was in high school, and trust me, it was not an actual “comedy”) or watched the movie “SE7EN” would know about the Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Cardinal Sins."Superbia"...

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Whole-Hearted Devotion

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51022/high/bmepb152472.jpg誠心誠意 is an old Chinese idiom that meant "in all sincerity", "with one's whole heart", or "whole-hearted devotion". Ironically, neither the tattooist nor the client has devoted enough effort to make sure the tattoo was done correctly.Use "HANZI2006" to save 10% on any t-shirt purchase at Jlist.com,...

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SNL - Tattoo Removal

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Jujutsu

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The Four Seasons

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