Custom "No Worries" Chinese & Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

This literally means "No Fear". But perhaps not the most natural Chinese phrase (see our other "No Fear" phrase for a more complete thought). However, this two-character version of "No Fear" seems to be a very popular way to translate this into Chinese, when we checked Chinese Google.

Note: This also means "No Fear" in Japanese and Korean, but this character pair is not often used in Japan or Korea (used somewhat by Korean Buddhists to mean fearlessness).

See Also...  Never Give Up | Undaunted | Bravery | Courage

My Australian friends always say "No worries mate". It's caught on with me, though I drop the "mate" part since it confuses my fellow Americans.

If you would like to express the idea of "no worries" this is the best and most natural way to say it in Chinese.

The characters you see to the left can be translated as "put your mind at rest" or "to be at ease". You could literally translate "no worries" but it doesn't "flow" like this simple Chinese version.

For your info, the first character means to release, to free, to let go, to relax, or to rest. The second character means your heart or your mind.

Note that in Japanese and Korean, this holds the similar meaning of "peace of mind", but can also mean absentmindedness or carelessness depending on context.

This really means, "When you are well-prepared, you have nothing to fear". Noting that the third character means "no" or "without" and modifies the last... The last character can mean misfortune, troubles, worries, or fears. It could even be stretched to mean sickness. Therefore you can translate this phrase a few ways. I've also seen it translated as "Preparedness forestalls calamities".

This is comparable to the English phrase, "Better safe than sorry", but does not directly/literally mean this.

Special language notes:
This entry has not been reviewed by my Korean translator, but I found it in my Korean Hanja dictionary, and a customer has assured me that it is well-used in South Korea. Note that this is a 2500-year-old Chinese phrase that was absorbed into Korean (during the 1800 years that Korea used only Chinese characters in Korean - these characters are known as Korean Hanja). In the last 100 years, North and South Korea have switched to using the phonetic Hangul characters that are specific to the Korean language.

This selection can be considered an ancient Chinese and Korean phrase. I'll also be checking, as I found this phrase in a Japanese idiom dictionary, but have not confirmed that it is commonly used in Japanese.