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1. 2. Right Resolve / Right Thought / Right Intention / Perfect Resolve
3. Phoenix Rise from the Ashes
5. Tiger Rumor
Samyak Samkalpa / Samma Sankappa
正思唯 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Thought, along with the Right View, constitute the path to Wisdom.
In Buddhism, Right Thought, in simple terms, means to free yourself from having ill will towards anyone or anything. It also suggests that you remain harmless to other living creatures.
This can also be defined as “Resolve in favor of renunciation, goodwill, and non-harming of sentient beings.”
There is an ancient/alternate version of the third character for this selection. You can see that alternation third character to the right. If you want your selection to use that older character, just click on the character to the right, instead of the button above.
Note: This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
情人 means lover, sweetheart, or beloved in Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
This term is gender-neutral so anyone can use it.
Please note that this term can easily be read or used to mean “mistress” or the kind of lover you have an affair with (especially in Japanese). The context in which this word is used affects the actual meaning. Husbands and wives or boyfriends and girlfriends can also use this term for each other with no ill meaning.
鳳凰涅磐 is a proverb that suggests “Legendary Phoenix rises from the ashes.” It means “Legendary Phoenix [reaches] Nirvana.”
There is a legend in China of a great bird reborn once every 500 years. This bird gathers all the ill will, suffering, desire, and other negative things of the world. The bird then plunges into the fire to burn away all negative things, sacrificing itself in the process (achieving Nirvana, or perhaps allowing others the opportunity to reach Nirvana).
500 years later, the phoenix is reborn from the ashes again, and the cycle repeats.
忍び (Shinobi) is a term often associated with ninjas of ancient Japan.
忍び really means stealing (into), a spy, a sneaking thief, stealth, or a surreptitious visit to a house of ill repute. However, 忍び is sometimes used to refer to an outcast ninja.
This term was somehow given a better report when various video games, TV series, and even a movie came out with this Shinobi title.
忍び are sometimes Romanized as two words: Shin obi or Shin-obi.
Note: The first character can be written as or .
These four characters together relay the meaning that can be expressed in English as “When three people say there's a tiger running in the street, you believe it.”
Of course, there is an ancient story behind this idiom...
三人成虎 is actually a proverb that resulted from a conversation that occurred around 300 B.C.
The conversation was between the king of the Wei kingdom and one of the king's ministers named Pang Cong.
It was near the end of one of many wars, this time with the Zhao kingdom. Pang Cong was to be sent by the king to the Zhao kingdom with the king's son, who was to be held hostage. It was common at the time for a king to make his son a hostage to secure stable peace between warring kingdoms.
Before minister Pang Cong departed, he asked his king, “If one person told you a tiger was running in the street, would you believe it?.”
“No,” the king said.
The minister continued, “What if two people told you?”
The king replied, “Well, I would have my doubts but I might believe it.”
The minister continued, “So, what if three people told you that a tiger is running in the streets?”
The king replied, “Yes, I would believe it. It must be true if three people say it.”
The minister then reminded the king, “Your son and I are now traveling far away to live in the distant Zhao kingdom - much farther from your palace than the street. Rumors may fly about me in my absence, so I hope your majesty will weight such rumors appropriately.”
The king replied, “I have every trust in you, do not worry”
While the minister was gone, the king's enemies gossiped about minister Pang Cong on many occasions. At first, the king thought nothing of these comments and rumors. But slowly, as the rumors mounted, the king began to suspect ill of his minister.
Sometime later, when peace was well-established, the minister and prince were freed and returned to the kingdom of Wei. The king received his son BUT DID NOT EVEN SUMMON MINISTER PANG CONG TO THE PALACE!
Hopefully, this story will help you see how dangerous words can be when used to promote rumors or create ill will. And perhaps will inspire you not to believe everything you hear.
There is also a secondary suggestion in this idiom that gossip is as ferocious as a tiger. Some Chinese people who don't know the ancient story above may believe that this scroll means that rumors are as vicious as three tigers.
Note: This proverb appears in my Korean dictionary but is not well-known in Korea.
東方自尊 is the universal way to write “Asian Pride.”
We worked on this one for a long time. The effort involved both Chinese and Japanese translators and lengthy discussions. If you have been searching for this term, there is a reason that it's hard to find the way to write “Asian Pride” in Chinese and Japanese - it's because of the inherent difficulties in figuring out a universal combination of characters that can be read in all languages that use forms of Chinese characters.
This final solution that you see to the left creates a reasonable title in Chinese and an exotic (perhaps unusual) title in Japanese (This could be read as “Eastern Self-Respect” in Japanese”).
Although not as natural, it does have the same meaning as Korean Hanja, and the older generation of Vietnamese people will be able to read it.
The first two characters literally mean “Oriental” and the second two mean “pride,” “self-esteem,” or “self-respect” (we chose the most non-arrogant way to say “pride”). If you have “Asian Pride” (sometimes spelled Asian Pryde) these are the characters for you.
Note: For those who wonder, there is nothing technically wrong with the word “Oriental.” It is a correct word, and any bad meanings were created by so-called “Asian Americans” and Caucasians in the United States. To say “Asian” would not completely correct the intended meaning since that would include people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, India, and portions of Russia.
For further proof, if you were of East Asian ancestry and born in England, you would be known as a “British Oriental” (The “Oriental stigma” is basically an American creation and, therefore, applies mainly to the American English language - where they get a bit overzealous with political correctness).
Further, since the Chinese and Japanese word for Oriental is not English, they can not be construed as having ill meaning. On one trip to China or Japan, you will find many things titled with these two characters, such as malls, buildings, and business names. These places also use “Oriental” as their English title (much as we do since our Chinese business name starts with these same two characters).
In short, the first two characters have the meaning that Americans attach to “Asian” but is more technically correct.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your ill search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
救 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu tasuku たすく |
More info & calligraphy: Salvation / Save / Rescue(personal name) Tasuku To save, rescue, prevent from ill. |
因果 see styles |
yīn guǒ yin1 guo3 yin kuo inga いんが |
More info & calligraphy: Karma - Cause and Effect(1) cause and effect; causality; (2) {Buddh} karma; fate; (adjectival noun) (3) unfortunate; unlucky; ill-fated Cause and effect; every cause has its effect, as every effect arises from a cause. |
嗔 see styles |
chēn chen1 ch`en chen shin しん |
to be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed (Buddhist term) dosa (ill will, antipathy) anger |
毒 see styles |
dú du2 tu doku どく |
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics (1) poison; toxicant; (2) (See 目の毒・めのどく・1,毒する・どくする) harm; evil influence; (3) ill will; spite; malice; (4) (abbreviation) abusive language Poison. |
病 see styles |
bìng bing4 ping yamai やまい |
illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect (1) illness; disease; (2) bad habit; weakness; fault Illness, disease; to hurt. |
痯 see styles |
guǎn guan3 kuan |
ill-looking |
痻 see styles |
mín min2 min |
to be ill |
瘏 see styles |
tú tu2 t`u tu |
be injured; ill (of animals) |
瞋 see styles |
chēn chen1 ch`en chen shin しん |
(literary) to stare angrily; to glare (Buddhist term) dosa (ill will, antipathy) krodha; pratigha; dveṣa; one of the six fundamental kleśas, anger, ire, wrath, resentment, one of the three poisons; also called 瞋恚. |
謗 谤 see styles |
bàng bang4 pang hō |
to slander; to defame; to speak ill of To slander. 誹謗 To slander, vilify, defame. |
鬧 闹 see styles |
nào nao4 nao tō |
noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke busy |
鬮 阄 see styles |
jiū jiu1 chiu kuji くじ |
lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance) (kana only) lottery; lot A lot, tally, ballot, ticket, made of wood, bamboo, or paper; To cast lots for good or ill fortune. |
けち see styles |
kechi けち |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; cheeseparing; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard; (2) shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; (3) petty; narrow-minded; quibbling; mean-spirited; (4) bad luck; ill omen; glitch |
三毒 see styles |
sān dú san1 du2 san tu sandoku さんどく |
{Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) The three poisons, also styled 三根; 三株; they are 貪 concupiscence, or wrong desire, 瞋 anger, hate, or resentment, and 痴 stupidity, ignorance, unintelligence, or unwillingness to accept Buddha-truth; these three are the source of all the passions and delusions. They represent in part the ideas of love, hate, and moral inertia. v. 智度論 19, 31. |
不善 see styles |
bù shàn bu4 shan4 pu shan fuzen ふぜん |
bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive evil; sin; vice; mischief Not good; contrary to the right and harmful to present and future life, e. g. 五逆十惡. |
不祥 see styles |
bù xiáng bu4 xiang2 pu hsiang fushou / fusho ふしょう |
ominous; inauspicious (noun or adjectival noun) disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous |
不興 不兴 see styles |
bù xīng bu4 xing1 pu hsing fukyou / fukyo ふきょう |
out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't (noun or adjectival noun) displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique |
不躾 see styles |
bushitsuke ぶしつけ |
(noun or adjectival noun) ill-breeding; impoliteness; bad manners |
不遇 see styles |
bù yù bu4 yu4 pu yü fuguu / fugu ふぐう |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity does not meet |
不運 不运 see styles |
bù yùn bu4 yun4 pu yün fuun / fun ふうん |
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 幸運) misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune does not carry |
二豎 see styles |
niju にじゅ |
(archaism) demon of ill health; disease |
五逆 see styles |
wǔ nì wu3 ni4 wu ni gogyaku ごぎゃく |
(1) {Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); (2) (hist) crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother pañcānantarya; 五無間業 The five rebellious acts or deadly sins, parricide, matricide, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, or fraternity. The above definition is common both to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. The lightest of these sins is the first; the heaviest the last. II. Another group is: (1) sacrilege, such as destroying temples, burning sutras, stealing a Buddha's or a monk's things, inducing others to do so, or taking pleasure therein; (2) slander, or abuse of the teaching of śrāvaka s, pratyekabuddhas, or bodhisattvas; (3) ill-treatment or killing of a monk; (4) any one of the five deadly sins given above; (5) denial of the karma consequences of ill deeds, acting or teaching others accordingly, and unceasing evil life. III. There are also five deadly sins, each of which is equal to each of the first set of five: (1) violation of a mother, or a fully ordained nun; (2) killing a bodhisattva in a sangha; (5) destroying a Buddha's stūpa. IV. The five unpardonable sin of Devadatta who (1) destroyed the harmony of the community; (2) injured Śākyamuni with a stone, shedding his blood; (3) induced the king to let loose a rutting elephant to trample down Śākyamuni; (4) killed a nun; (5) put poison on his finger-nails and saluted Śākyamuni intending to destroy him thereby. |
五障 see styles |
wǔ zhàng wu3 zhang4 wu chang goshou / gosho ごしょう |
(1) {Buddh} five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; (2) {Buddh} five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt) The five hindrances, or obstacles; also 五礙; 五雲. I. Of women, i. e. inability to become Brahma-kings, Indras, Māra-kings, Caikravarti-kings, or Buddhas. II. The hindrances to the five 五力 powers, i. e. (self-) deception a bar to faith, as sloth is to zeal, anger to remembrance, hatred to meditaton, and discontent to wisdom. III. The hindrances of (1) the passion-nature, e. g. original sin; (2) of karma caused in previous lives; (3) the affairs of life; (4) no friendly or competent preceptor; (5) partial knowledge. |
他心 see styles |
tā xīn ta1 xin1 t`a hsin ta hsin tashin たしん |
other intention; secret purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; fickleness; double-mindedness minds of others |
他意 see styles |
tai たい |
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice |
作踐 作践 see styles |
zuò jiàn zuo4 jian4 tso chien |
to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade; to ruin; also pr. [zuo2 jian4] |
侷促 局促 see styles |
jú cù ju2 cu4 chü ts`u chü tsu |
cramped; ill at ease |
凶兆 see styles |
xiōng zhào xiong1 zhao4 hsiung chao kyouchou / kyocho きょうちょう |
ill omen evil omen |
分贓 分赃 see styles |
fēn zāng fen1 zang1 fen tsang |
to share the booty; to divide ill-gotten gains |
剋星 克星 see styles |
kè xīng ke4 xing1 k`o hsing ko hsing |
nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
2. Right Resolve Right Thought Right Intention Perfect Resolve | 正思唯 | sei shi yui seishiyui | zhèng sī wéi zheng4 si1 wei2 zheng si wei zhengsiwei | cheng ssu wei chengssuwei |
Lover Sweetheart | 情人 | jou nin / jou jin jounin / joujin jo nin / jo jin | qíng rén / qing2 ren2 / qing ren / qingren | ch`ing jen / chingjen / ching jen |
Phoenix Rise from the Ashes | 鳳凰涅磐 凤凰涅磐 | fèng huáng niè pán feng4 huang2 nie4 pan2 feng huang nie pan fenghuangniepan | feng huang nieh p`an fenghuangniehpan feng huang nieh pan |
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Shinobi Ninja Outcast | 忍び | shino-bi | ||
Tiger Rumor | 三人成虎 | sān rén chéng hǔ san1 ren2 cheng2 hu3 san ren cheng hu sanrenchenghu | san jen ch`eng hu sanjenchenghu san jen cheng hu |
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Asian Pride Oriental Pride AZN Pryde | 東方自尊 东方自尊 | tou hou zi son touhouzison to ho zi son | dōng fāng zì zūn dong1 fang1 zi4 zun1 dong fang zi zun dongfangzizun | tung fang tzu tsun tungfangtzutsun |
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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