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1. Flower Open / Blooming Flower
2. Hunt Foxes with Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open
4. Mi Guk Kwan
6. Open Mind
7. Open the Minds of the Next Generation To Stimulate Thinking
8. An Open Book Benefits Your Mind
10. Open Hearted
11. Open Door
These two characters mean “flower open.”
花開 is also associated with Springtime, the beginning of something, or youth.
花開 is often followed by 花落 or “flower falls” (closes and loses its petals) which means “Things come and go” or “Youth comes and goes.”
If you like flowers and Springtime, this is a great selection for you. However, if you want the companion “flower falls” (flower withers), we offer that as a companion wall scroll or all together as a four-character phrase.
See Also: Flowers Fall
闇打狐狸明打狼 is a Chinese proverb that translates as: Hunt foxes stealthily, [and] hunt wolves openly [just as they do].
Figuratively, this means:
Different opponents require different appropriate strategies.
This is a suggestion that you should know your enemy and know that each enemy is different, therefore requires a specialized approach (attack).
See Also: Art of War Military
American School
美國館 is a Korean Hanja title, which roughly means “U.S. School.”
The first two characters mean “USA” (literally: Beautiful Kingdom/Country).
The last character means “school,” “building,” and “schoolroom” in this context.
This “Mi Guk Kwan” title is used to mean “The American School of Tang Soo Do.”
If you want this in modern Korean Hangul, just click the Hangul characters in the pronunciation box next to the Korean flag above.
虛心坦懐 is a Japanese proverb that means “with an open and calm mind,” “with no preconceived notions,” or “without reservations.”
In some contexts, it can mean frank or candid.
If you want to remind yourself to approach each situation with no preconceptions, this is a good title for you. This can also refer to the ideas of being candid, frank, and straightforward.
This word is often used to describe the idea of opening the minds of the young or the new generation.
See Also: Wisdom | Learning is Eternal | Learn From Wisdom
There are several ways to translate this ancient proverb. Translated literally and directly, it says, “Open roll has/yields benefit.”
To understand that, you must know a few things...
First, Chinese characters and language have deeper meanings that often are not spoken but are understood - especially with ancient texts like this. Example: It's understood that the “benefit” referred to in this proverb is to the reader's mind. Just the last character expresses that whole idea.
Second, Chinese proverbs are supposed to make you think and leave a bit of mystery to figure out.
Third, for this proverb, it should be noted that roll = book. When this proverb came about (about two thousand years ago), books were rolls of bamboo slips strung together. The first bound books like the ones we use today did not come about until about a thousand years after this proverb when they invented paper in China.
開卷有益 is a great gift for a bookworm who loves to read and increase their knowledge. Or for any friend that is or wants to be well-read.
Some other translations of this phrase:
Opening a book is profitable
The benefits of education.
開門 means “to open a door,” “opening gate” or figuratively, “to open for business.”
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Flower Open Blooming Flower | 花開 花开 | huā kāi / hua1 kai1 / hua kai / huakai | hua k`ai / huakai / hua kai | |
Hunt Foxes with Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open | 闇打狐狸明打狼 暗打狐狸明打狼 | àn dǎ hú li míng dǎ láng an4 da3 hu2 li ming2 da3 lang2 an da hu li ming da lang andahulimingdalang | an ta hu li ming ta lang antahulimingtalang |
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Listen with Open Mind | 虛己以聽 虚己以听 | xū jǐ yǐ tīng xu1 ji3 yi3 ting1 xu ji yi ting xujiyiting | hsü chi i t`ing hsüchiiting hsü chi i ting |
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Mi Guk Kwan | 美國館 美国馆 | měi guó guǎn mei3 guo2 guan3 mei guo guan meiguoguan | mei kuo kuan meikuokuan |
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Open and Calm Mind | 虛心坦懐 虚心坦懐 | kyo shin tan kai kyoshintankai | ||
Open Mind | 開覺 开觉 | kaikaku / kaikaku | kāi jué / kai1 jue2 / kai jue / kaijue | k`ai chüeh / kaichüeh / kai chüeh |
Open the Minds of the Next Generation To Stimulate Thinking | 啟迪 启迪 | qǐ dí / qi3 di2 / qi di / qidi | ch`i ti / chiti / chi ti | |
An Open Book Benefits Your Mind | 開卷有益 开卷有益 | kāi juàn yǒu yì kai1 juan4 you3 yi4 kai juan you yi kaijuanyouyi | k`ai chüan yu i kaichüanyui kai chüan yu i |
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Calm and Open Mind | 虛心 虚心 | ko shin / koshin | xū xīn / xu1 xin1 / xu xin / xuxin | hsü hsin / hsühsin |
Open Hearted | 磊落 | rairaku | lěi luò / lei3 luo4 / lei luo / leiluo | lei lo / leilo |
Open Door | 開門 开门 | kai mon / kaimon | kāi mén / kai1 men2 / kai men / kaimen | k`ai men / kaimen / kai men |
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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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