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大展宏圖 is a four-character proverb used in Chinese to mean “realize your ambitions” or “exhibit your ambition and success.”
It's used to talk about someone with great career ambitions. Almost literally, it expresses the idea of someone unfolding a great career like a map or a set of blueprint plans.
Very literally translated, these four characters mean “Great unfolding of a huge map” or “Great exhibition of a colossal plan.”
Brave the wind and the waves
乘風破浪 is a Chinese proverb that represents having great ambitions.
The British might say “to plough through.” Another way to understand it is “surmount all difficulties and forge ahead courageously.”
This can also be translated as “braving the wind and waves,” “to brave the wind and the billows,” “to ride the wind and crest the waves,” or “to be ambitious and unafraid.”
Literally, it reads: “ride (like a chariot) [the] wind [and] break/cleave/cut [the] waves,” or “ride [the] wind [and] slash [through the] waves.”
乘風破浪 is a great proverb to encourage yourself or someone else not to be afraid of problems or troubles, and when you have a dream, just go for it.
There is an alternate version, 長風破浪, but 乘風破浪 is far more common.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your crest search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
月 see styles |
yuè yue4 yüeh tsuki つき |
More info & calligraphy: Moon(1) Moon; (2) month; (3) moonlight; (4) (See 衛星・1) (a) moon; natural satellite; (female given name) Runa candra, 旅達 (旅達羅); 旂陀羅; 戰達羅; 戰捺羅 the moon, called also 蘇摩 soma, from the fermented juice of asclepias acida used in worship, and later personified in association with the moon. It has many other epithets, e. g. 印度 Indu, incorrectly intp. as marked like a hare; 創夜神 Niśākara, maker of the night; 星宿王 Nakṣatranātha, lord of constellations; 喜懷之頭飾 the crest of Siva; 蓮華王 Kumuda-pati, lotus lord; 白馬主 Śvetavājin, drawn by (or lord of) white horses; 大白光神 Śītāṃśu, the spirit with white rays; 冷光神 Sitamarici, the spirit with cool rays; 鹿形神 Mṛgāṅka, the spirit with marks m form like a deer; 野兎形神 Śaśi, ditto like a hare. |
亀 see styles |
guī gui1 kuei kame(p); kame(p) かめ(P); カメ(P) |
old variant of 龜|龟[gui1] (1) tortoise; turtle; (2) heavy drinker; (3) turtle crest; turtle mon; (given name) Minki |
嵴 see styles |
jí ji2 chi |
ridge; crest; apex |
徽 see styles |
huī hui1 hui kisou / kiso きそう |
badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms (personal name) Kisou |
紋 纹 see styles |
wén wen2 wen mon もん |
line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc) (family) crest; coat of arms; (female given name) Mon |
綅 see styles |
qīn qin1 ch`in chin |
red silk crest of helmet |
お印 see styles |
oshirushi おしるし |
(1) (kana only) (See 破水) show (blood-stained mucus discharge that happens towards the end of pregnancy); bloody show; (2) signature mark (crest) used by members of the imperial family to mark their belongings; (3) (polite language) (See 印・1) mark; sign |
丹頂 see styles |
tanchou; tanchou / tancho; tancho たんちょう; タンチョウ |
(1) (kana only) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane; (2) red-cap oranda (goldfish); (3) Tanchō (koi variety); (4) having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.); (place-name, surname) Tanchō |
五徳 see styles |
gotoku ごとく |
(1) the five virtues; (2) tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; (3) family crest in the shape of such an object; (surname) Gotoku |
井筒 see styles |
izutsu いづつ |
(1) well curb; well kerb; (2) family crest design based on a square wooden well curb; (surname) Itou |
冠子 see styles |
guān zi guan1 zi5 kuan tzu |
crest; crown |
冠羽 see styles |
kanu かんう |
bird's crest |
堤頂 see styles |
teichou / techo ていちょう |
crest of dam; top of dam |
定紋 see styles |
joumon / jomon じょうもん |
family crest |
家紋 see styles |
kamon かもん |
family crest |
峰頂 峰顶 see styles |
fēng dǐng feng1 ding3 feng ting |
summit; crest |
引波 see styles |
hikinami ひきなみ |
(1) backwash; rip current; undertow; (2) stern wave; (3) drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest); (surname) Hikinami |
御紋 see styles |
gomon ごもん |
crest of a noble family |
徽標 徽标 see styles |
huī biāo hui1 biao1 hui piao |
emblem; crest; logo |
徽章 see styles |
huī zhāng hui1 zhang1 hui chang kishou / kisho きしょう |
badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms medal; badge; insignia |
徽記 徽记 see styles |
huī jì hui1 ji4 hui chi |
crest; insignia |
押波 see styles |
oshinami おしなみ |
leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) |
替紋 see styles |
kaemon かえもん |
(archaism) informal family crest; auxiliary crest |
本幕 see styles |
honmaku ほんまく |
(1) fully raising the curtain when an actor enters or exits (noh); (2) curtain with a family crest |
校徽 see styles |
xiào huī xiao4 hui1 hsiao hui |
school badge; college insignia; university crest |
桐紋 see styles |
kirimon きりもん |
paulownia crest |
波峰 see styles |
bō fēng bo1 feng1 po feng |
wave crest |
波頭 see styles |
namigashira; hatou / namigashira; hato なみがしら; はとう |
wave crest; whitecaps; (surname) Hatou |
片喰 see styles |
katabami かたばみ |
family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel; (place-name) Katabami |
社紋 see styles |
shamon しゃもん |
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Realize Your Ambitions Ride on the Crest of Success | 大展宏圖 大展宏图 | dà jiǎn hóng tú da4 jian3 hong2 tu2 da jian hong tu dajianhongtu | ta chien hung t`u tachienhungtu ta chien hung tu |
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Great Ambitions | 乘風破浪 乘风破浪 | chéng fēng pò làng cheng2 feng1 po4 lang4 cheng feng po lang chengfengpolang | ch`eng feng p`o lang chengfengpolang cheng feng po lang |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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