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  1. One Day Seems Like 1000 Years

  2. Be Like Water

  3. No Place Like Home

  4. Mind Like Water

  5. If you have not been a monk, how can you know what it is like to be a vegetarian?

  6. There’s No Place Like Home

  7. No Place Like Home

  8. Same / Similar / Alike

  9. A Journey of 1000 Miles Feels Like One

10. Tsuki no Kokoro / Mind like the Moon

11. Be Like Water


One Day Seems Like 1000 Years

 yí rì qiān qiū
 ichi jitsu sen shuu
One Day Seems Like 1000 Years Scroll

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.

Be Like Water

 xiàng shuǐ yí yàng
Be Like Water Scroll

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.

No Place Like Home

 zài jiā qiān rì hǎo chū mén yì shí nán
No Place Like Home Scroll

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.”

Mind Like Water

Mizu No Kokoro

 mizu no kokoro
Mind Like Water Scroll

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.

If you have not been a monk, how can you know what it is like to be a vegetarian?

Only by experiencing hardship will allow you understand the plight of others

 bù dāng hé shang bù zhī zhāi jiè kǔ
If you have not been a monk, how can you know what it is like to be a vegetarian? Scroll

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.

There’s No Place Like Home

 jīn wō yín wō bù rú zì jǐ de gǒu wō
There’s No Place Like Home Scroll

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).

No Place Like Home

 kokyouboujigatashi
No Place Like Home Scroll

故郷忘じ難し is a Japanese proverb that means “there is no place like home” or “home is sweet to an exile.”


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Same / Similar / Alike

 tóng
 dou / do
 
Same / Similar / Alike Scroll

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.

A Journey of 1000 Miles Feels Like One

 sen ri mo ichi ri
A Journey of 1000 Miles Feels Like One Scroll

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.

Tsuki no Kokoro / Mind like the Moon

 tsuki no kokoro
Tsuki no Kokoro / Mind like the Moon Scroll

月の心 means “Mind like the Moon” or, more directly translated, “Moon of Mind.”

月の心 is a phrase used in Zen Buddhism and some Japanese martial arts.

Be Like Water

Quote from Lao Tzu

 ruò shuǐ
Be Like Water Scroll

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 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

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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

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Loving Heart / One’s Love

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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

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Strength Love Honor

The Art of Love

The Pain of Love / Love Troubles

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True Love

Unconditional Love

Universal Love

Venus / Amor / God of Love

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (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
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
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
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
dou / do / do / dotóng / tong2 / tongt`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 / ruoshuijo 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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