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想開 is a Chinese title that translates as “move on.”
It can mean getting over a shock or bereavement. More often, it means avoiding dwelling on unpleasant things or accepting the situation and moving on. It's a suggestion to get over it and get on with life.
The literal meaning of the characters is something like “thoughts opening.” But it's understood more as getting over the same old thoughts and opening yourself up to new thoughts or ways of thinking.
乗り換える is the Japanese way to say “move on.” This can also be translated as “to change one's mind,” “to change methods,” or “to change one's way of thinking.” For instance, if you changed your love interest or political ideology, you might describe the act of that change with this title.
Colloquially in Japan, this is also used to describe the act of transferring trains or changing from one bus or train to another.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
In the most basic translation, 中道 means road through the middle or middle road.
The expanded meaning can be moderation or the golden mean.
But if you are looking for this title, you are probably seeking the Buddhist definition, which is more complex.
中道 is the middle way or middle path of Buddhism. This has various interpretations. In general, it denotes the mean between two extremes and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation.
The Buddha teaches that one should not take things to extremes. Don't be extremely evil and engage in debauchery and murder. But do not spend every waking out trying to be a perfect saint. Instead, take the middle path, try to help others, show loving kindness wherever you can, and try not to do harm. If you inadvertently harm another being, make amends if you can, and move on. Realize you are not perfect, but in time, a path of moderation lead toward proper living and enlightenment.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your move on search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
動 动 see styles |
dòng dong4 tung yurugi ゆるぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Dynamic(ant: 静・1) motion; (female given name) Yurugi Move, stir, motion, mutable; movement arises from the nature of wind which is the cause of motion. |
上進 上进 see styles |
shàng jìn shang4 jin4 shang chin joushin / joshin じょうしん |
More info & calligraphy: Progress / Ambition(noun/participle) progress; advance; (given name) Jōshin advance |
想開 想开 see styles |
xiǎng kāi xiang3 kai1 hsiang k`ai hsiang kai |
More info & calligraphy: Accept the Situation and Move On |
移山 see styles |
yí shān yi2 shan1 i shan isan |
More info & calligraphy: Nothing is Impossible with Persistence |
乗り換える see styles |
norikaeru のりかえる |
More info & calligraphy: Move On / Change Way of Thinking |
串 see styles |
chuàn chuan4 ch`uan chuan kushizaki くしざき |
to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across (1) spit; skewer; (2) (slang) (See プロキシサーバー) proxy (computer server); (surname) Kushizaki to get used to |
佪 see styles |
huái huai2 huai |
irresolute; to move back and forth |
先 see styles |
xiān xian1 hsien hirosaki ひろさき |
beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) (adj-no,n) (1) former; previous; old; (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move; (surname) Hirosaki Fore, before, former, first; precede. |
兜 see styles |
dōu dou1 tou kabuto かぶと |
pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) helmet (of armor, armour); headpiece; (place-name, surname) Kabuto Helmet, hood; pocket, bag; translit. tu. |
吪 see styles |
é e2 o |
move |
咑 see styles |
dā da1 ta |
da! (sound used to move animals along) |
啍 see styles |
tūn tun1 t`un tun |
move slowly |
嘘 see styles |
shiogama しおがま |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) lie; fib; falsehood; untruth; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) mistake; error; (3) unwise move; bad decision; (interjection) (4) (colloquialism) no way!; unbelievable!; really?!; (personal name) Shiogama |
囁 嗫 see styles |
niè nie4 nieh jou / jo じょう |
move the mouth as in speaking (personal name) Jō |
媻 see styles |
pán pan2 p`an pan ba |
to move To and fro, to roll: translit. bha, va. |
尖 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien togari とがり |
pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of something; the cream of the crop (irregular okurigana usage) (kana only) diagonal move (in the game of go); (surname) Togari to be pointed |
就 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu shuu / shu しゅう |
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... (surname) Shuu then, thereupon |
感 see styles |
gǎn gan3 kan kan かん |
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ (n,n-suf) (1) feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression; (2) (abbreviation) {ling} (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 感動詞) interjection; (given name) Kan To influence, move. |
手 see styles |
shǒu shou3 shou tezaki てざき |
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. |
抄 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao shou / sho しょう |
to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms (1) (obsolete) excerpt; extract; (2) annotation; (3) shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml); (female given name) Shou extract and annotate from a text |
招 see styles |
zhāo zhao1 chao maneki まねき |
to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess (surname) Maneki Call, beckon, notify, cause; confess. |
挙 see styles |
jǔ ju3 chü akaru あかる |
Japanese variant of 舉|举 (1) action; behavior; behaviour; move; (2) (archaism) (See 推挙) recommendation (of a person for a position); (female given name) Akaru |
挪 see styles |
nuó nuo2 no |
to shift; to move |
搬 see styles |
bān ban1 pan |
to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (something relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately |
撐 撑 see styles |
chēng cheng1 ch`eng cheng |
to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support |
擺 摆 see styles |
bǎi bai3 pai |
to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum |
晉 晋 see styles |
jìn jin4 chin susumu すすむ |
to move forward; to promote; to advance (personal name) Susumu Jin |
流 see styles |
liú liu2 liu ryuu / ryu りゅう |
to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or something resembling one; class, rate or grade (hist) (See 五刑・2) exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments); (surname, given name) Ryū Flow; float; spread; wander. |
湊 凑 see styles |
còu cou4 ts`ou tsou minatozaki みなとざき |
to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity harbour; harbor; port; (surname) Minatozaki |
盤 盘 see styles |
pán pan2 p`an pan ban ばん |
tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (something big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) (1) board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (2) (phonograph) record; disc; disk; (suffix noun) (3) board; panel; plate; (personal name) Ban A dish, plate; round, to coil, wind up; to go about, travel, convey; to inquire about, interrogate. Translit. pa, ba, bha, va; cf. 般, 半, etc. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Accept the Situation and Move On | 想開 想开 | xiǎng kāi xiang3 kai1 xiang kai xiangkai | hsiang k`ai hsiangkai hsiang kai |
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| Move On Change Way of Thinking | 乗り換える | norikaeru | ||
| Accept Your Mistake and Move On | 將錯就錯 将错就错 | jiāng cuò jiù cuò jiang1 cuo4 jiu4 cuo4 jiang cuo jiu cuo jiangcuojiucuo | chiang ts`o chiu ts`o chiangtsochiutso chiang tso chiu tso |
|
| The Middle Way | 中道 | chuu dou / chuudou / chu do | zhōng dào zhong1 dao4 zhong dao zhongdao | chung tao chungtao |
| 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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