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1. One Day Seems Like 1000 Years
5. If you have not been a monk, how can you know what it is like to be a vegetarian?
9. A Journey of 1000 Miles Feels Like One
10. Tsuki no Kokoro / Mind like the Moon
11. Be Like Water
一日千秋 is a Japanese and Chinese proverb about missing someone.
一日千秋 is often used to express how hard it is to wait for someone's return or to be away from someone.
Some will translate this as “one day feels like a very long time” or “waiting for someone (something) is hard.”
You might see this romanized as a single word, Ichijitsusenshuu, or as “Ichijitsu Senshuu” from Japanese.
If you break down the characters one-by-one, we get:
一 = one/a
日 = day/sun (can also represent time or date)
千 = 1000/thousand
秋 = autumn/fall
Together, 千秋 can mean “autumn comes thousand times” (or 1000 years). It can also be read as 1000 periods of time.
However, it relays the idea of heartache as you wait for someone you miss.
像水一樣 is a short quote from a much longer statement by Bruce Lee.
He summarized how people should be flexible to all circumstances, attacks, or situations. In the end, he exclaims, “Be like water, my friend.” 像水一樣 is the “Be like water” part alone since that seems to be what most people want.
在家千日好出门一时难 is a Chinese proverb that literally means “At home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort but spending a day away from home can be challenging.”
Figuratively, this means “There's no place like home,” or roughly a Chinese version of “Home sweet home.”
Mizu No Kokoro
水の心 is the Japanese Buddhist and martial arts phrase, “Mizu no Kokoro,” which means “mind like water” or “heart of water.”
The phrase is a metaphor describing the pond that clearly reflects its surroundings when calm but whose images are obscured once a pebble is dropped into its waters.
Only by experiencing hardship will allow you understand the plight of others
不當和尚不知齋戒苦 literally translates as:
[One who has] not been a monk [does not] know the suffering of [being on a] vegetarian diet.
This is a bit like the “walk a mile in another man's shoes” saying. Basically, it's about you cannot fully understand the plight of others until you experience it yourself.
金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝 is a Chinese slang proverb that means “Golden house, [or a] silver house, not as good as my own dog house.”
It's basically saying that even a house made of gold or silver is not as good as my own home (which may only be suitable for a dog but at least it's mine).
同 means same, similar, together, alike, with, or mutual.
This can also be the Japanese male given name, Hitoshi.
同 is a strange selection for a wall scroll but a lot of people search for “same,” so we added this.
千里も一里 is a Japanese proverb that states “A journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile.” It is understood that in the proverb, this applies when going to see the one you love.
Note that the “mile” or 里 used in this proverb is an old Chinese “li” (pronounced “ri” in Japanese). It's not actually a mile, as the measurement is really closer to 500 meters (it would take 3 of these to get close to a western mile). Still, 1000里 (333 miles) is a long way.
Quote from Lao Tzu
若水 is part of a very old saying from Lao Tzu.
In these two characters, there is a suggestion to be like water. The full phrase is about the goodness and purity of water. So, when this suggests being like water, it is actually a suggestion to be a good person (one who does not dishonor himself/herself, etc.).
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A Father’s Love
A Mother’s Love / Motherly Love
Adoring Love
Appreciation and Love for Your Parents
Benevolent Love
Best Love / Most Sincere Love
Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Crazy Love
Divine Love
Dream Come True / Enjoy Success
Enjoy Life
Eternal Love
Eternal Love / Love Eternally
Faith Hope Love
Faith Love Peace
Family Love
Family Love / Domestic Bliss
First Love
Forbidden Love
Forever Love
God is Love
Goddess of Love: Aphrodite
Goddess of Love: Venus
Greatest Infinite Love
Greatest Love
I Love You
I Love You / Aishiteru
If You Love Your Child, Send Them Out Into the World
Infinite Love
Jesus Christ is Love
Life Full of Love
Life of Love
Life With Love
Live for What You Love
Live Laugh Love
Live Love Die
Lost Love
Love
Love and Affection
Love and Devotion
Love and Happiness
Love and Hate
Love and Honor
Love and Protect
Love and Respect
Love and Respect / Kindness and Respect
Love Between Child and Parents
Love Binds Us Together
Love Conquers All
Love Faith Strength
Love for Humanity / Brotherly Love
Love for Parents
Love Forever / Love Eternal
Love Gems / Fruit of Love / Children
Love Life
Love Loyalty Respect
Love Myself First
Love the Flower, Love the Pot Also
Love the House and Its Crow
Love Will Find a Way
Love Without Reason
Love Your Children, but Discipline Them Too
Love Yourself First
Loving Heart / One’s Love
Madly in Love
Mercy / Compassion / Love
My True Love
One Love
Passionate Love / Ardent Love and Devotion
Peace and Love
Peace, Love, Happiness
Pledge of Lifelong Love
Predestined Love / Love by Fate
Pure Love
Same / Similar / Alike
Self-Love / Love Yourself / Love Oneself
Sisterhood / Sisterly Love
Strength and Love
Strength and Love in Unity
Strength Love Honor
The Art of Love
The Pain of Love / Love Troubles
Together Forever in Love
True Love
Unconditional Love
Universal Love
Venus / Amor / God of Love
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
One Day Seems Like 1000 Years | 一日千秋 | ichi jitsu sen shuu ichijitsusenshuu ichi jitsu sen shu | yí rì qiān qiū yi2 ri4 qian1 qiu1 yi ri qian qiu yiriqianqiu | i jih ch`ien ch`iu ijihchienchiu i jih chien chiu |
Be Like Water | 像水一樣 | xiàng shuǐ yí yàng xiang4 shui3 yi2 yang4 xiang shui yi yang xiangshuiyiyang | hsiang shui i yang hsiangshuiiyang |
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No Place Like Home | 在家千日好出門一時難 在家千日好出门一时难 | zài jiā qiān rì hǎo chū mén yì shí nán zai4 jia1 qian1 ri4 hao3 chu1 men2 yi4 shi2 nan2 zai jia qian ri hao chu men yi shi nan | tsai chia ch`ien jih hao ch`u men i shih nan tsai chia chien jih hao chu men i shih nan |
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Mind Like Water | 水の心 | mizu no kokoro mizunokokoro | ||
If you have not been a monk, how can you know what it is like to be a vegetarian? | 不當和尚不知齋戒苦 不当和尚不知斋戒苦 | bù dāng hé shang bù zhī zhāi jiè kǔ bu4 dang1 he2 shang bu4 zhi1 zhai1 jie4 ku3 bu dang he shang bu zhi zhai jie ku | pu tang ho shang pu chih chai chieh k`u pu tang ho shang pu chih chai chieh ku |
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There’s No Place Like Home | 金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝 | jīn wō yín wō bù rú zì jǐ de gǒu wō jin1 wo1 yin2 wo1 bu4 ru2 zi4 ji3 de5 gou3 wo1 jin wo yin wo bu ru zi ji de gou wo | chin wo yin wo pu ju tzu chi te kou wo | |
No Place Like Home | 故郷忘じ難し | kokyouboujigatashi kokyobojigatashi | ||
Same Similar Alike | 同 | dou / do / do / do | tóng / tong2 / tong | t`ung / tung |
A Journey of 1000 Miles Feels Like One | 千里も一里 | sen ri mo ichi ri senrimoichiri | ||
Tsuki no Kokoro Mind like the Moon | 月の心 | tsuki no kokoro tsukinokokoro | ||
Be Like Water | 若水 | ruò shuǐ / ruo4 shui3 / ruo shui / ruoshui | jo shui / joshui | |
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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