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髮狂 is the nicest/coolest way to write “crazy” in Chinese.
There are several other ways to express “insane” or “mentally disturbed,” but they are either clinical terms or very serious afflictions.
髮狂 is not a great or normal selection for a wall scroll. Please only order this if you want this idea for some personal reason.
To put it another way: It's a little crazy to have a “crazy” wall scroll.
深刻 is a Chinese word that is the form of intense that describes a person who is deep, serious, and a true thinker.
If you find yourself contemplating the world and coming up with profound ideas, this might be the word for you. In some contexts (especially Korean), it can mean seriousness, gravity, or acuteness.
In Japanese, this can mean “serious problem” or can be a rare given name, Misa. You should not use this if your audience is Japanese.
Special Military Term
When reading an account of some battles in China, I came across the Chinese word, 嚴整. As it turns out, 嚴整 is only used in military circles to describe neat, orderly, and well-disciplined troops. Perhaps this is actually closer to the meaning I was taught while in the U.S. Marines.
The first character literally means stern, serious, strict, or severe (it can also mean airtight or watertight.
The second character means exact, in good order, whole, complete, and orderly.
Together, these two characters multiply each other into a word that expresses the highest military level of discipline.
See Also: Self-Control | Will-Power
克己奉公 is a Chinese proverb that is often used to express how one should act as a government official. Most of us wish our public officials would hold themselves to higher standards. I wish I could send this scroll, along with the meaning to every member of Congress, and the President (or if I was from the UK, all the members of Parliament, and the PM)
This can also mean: “Place Strict Standards on Oneself in Public Service.”
The story behind this ancient Chinese idiom:
Cai Zun was born in China a little over 2000 years ago. In 24 AD, he joined an uprising led by Liu Xiu, who later became the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Later, the new emperor put Cai Zun in charge of the military court. Cai Zun exercised his power in strict accordance with military law, regardless of the offender's rank or background. He even ordered the execution of one of the emperor's close servants after the servant committed a serious crime.
Cai Zun led a simple life but put great demands on himself to do all things honorably. The emperor rewarded him for his honest character and honorable nature by promoting him to the rank of General and granting him the title of Marquis.
Whenever Cai Zun would receive an award, he would give credit to his men and share the reward with them.
Cai Zun was always praised by historians who found many examples of his selfless acts that served the public interest.
Sometime long ago in history, people began to refer to Cai Zun as “ke ji feng gong.”
See Also: Unselfish | Selflessness | Altruism
Death Match
In modern Japanese, 真剣勝負 means to take something very seriously.
The literal and historical meaning is “real sword battle.” In old times, a Samurai apprentice would practice with a wooden practice sword. Once trained and qualified, they would wield a real steel sword made for battle and killing. They were ready for a “death match” or Shinken Shobu.
真剣 is an adjective that has come to mean serious/earnest. The literal translation is “real sword.”
勝負 in the simplest terms, means match, contest, game, or bout. Depending on the context, it could also mean victory or defeat, winning and losing, or the outcome of a battle.
There is a suggestion in Shinken Shobu that you train with serious and real intent, as we should train with the same fervor and dedication as if the battle was real. “Train as we fight.”
See Also: The More We Sweat in Training the Less We Bleed in Battle | Cry in the Dojo - Laugh on the Battlefield
虚実 is a Japanese word that means “falsehood [and] truth” or “fiction [and] fact.”
This concept is used in warfare, gameplay, and martial arts strategies. 虚実 can be a strategy of real and/or deceptive moves. This gets to some Sun Tzu Art of War stuff where in warfare a strategic move is either a real and serious move or it is a deceptive blow.
Let's explore each character in more depth:
虚 was originally written 虛 (there is a very subtle difference in the strokes at the bottom of the character) and means unpreparedness, falsehood, emptiness, void, abstract theory, empty or unoccupied, diffident or timid, false, humble or modest, virtual, or in vain.
In the Buddhist context, 虛 represents the Pali/Sanskrit word “śūnya,” meaning empty, vacant, unreal, unsubstantial, untrue, space, humble, or in vain.
In ancient Eastern/Chinese astronomy, 虛 represents the “Emptiness” constellation (one of the 28 mansions in the sky).
実 was originally 實 in Chinese (they currently write it as 实 in Simplified Chinese) with the meaning, truth, reality, sincerity, honesty, fidelity, and substance.
The Buddhist context is similar, adding real, true, honest, really, solid, definitely, sincere, solid, fixed, full, to fill, fruit, kernel, verily, in fact, the supreme fact, or ultimate reality to the definition.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your serious search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
深刻 see styles |
shēn kè shen1 ke4 shen k`o shen ko shinkoku しんこく |
More info & calligraphy: Intense / Serious / Deep / Profound(noun or adjectival noun) serious; severe; grave; acute; (female given name) Misa |
真剣 see styles |
shinken しんけん |
More info & calligraphy: Intense / Serious |
腳踏實地 脚踏实地 see styles |
jiǎo tà shí dì jiao3 ta4 shi2 di4 chiao t`a shih ti chiao ta shih ti |
More info & calligraphy: Keep Your Feet on the Ground |
俳 see styles |
pái pai2 p`ai pai |
not serious; variety show |
大 see styles |
dài dai4 tai dai だい |
see 大夫[dai4 fu5] (pref,adj-na,n) (1) large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; (prefix) (2) great; prominent; eminent; distinguished; (suffix) (3) -sized; as big as; the size of; (suffix noun) (4) (abbreviation) (See 大学・1) university; (5) large (e.g. serving size); large option; (6) (abbreviation) (See 大の月) long month (i.e. having 31 days); (given name) Yutaka Maha. 摩訶; 麼賀. Great, large, big; all pervading, all-embracing; numerous 多; surpassing ; mysterious 妙; beyond comprehension 不可思議; omnipresent 體無不在. The elements, or essential things, i.e. (a) 三大 The three all-pervasive qualities of the 眞如 q.v. : its 體, 相 , 用 substance, form, and functions, v. 起信論 . (b) 四大 The four tanmātra or elements, earth, water, fire, air (or wind) of the 倶舍論. (c)五大 The five, i.e. the last four and space 空, v. 大日經. (d) 六大 The six elements, earth, water, fire, wind, space (or ether), mind 識. Hīnayāna, emphasizing impersonality 人空, considers these six as the elements of all sentient beings; Mahāyāna, emphasizing the unreality of all things 法空, counts them as elements, but fluid in a flowing stream of life, with mind 識 dominant; the esoteric sect emphasizing nonproduction, or non-creation, regards them as universal and as the Absolute in differentiation. (e) 七大 The 楞嚴經 adds 見 perception, to the six above named to cover the perceptions of the six organs 根. |
板 see styles |
bǎn ban3 pan ita いた |
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious (1) board; plank; (2) sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab; (3) (See 俎板・1) cutting board; chopping board; (4) (abbreviation) (usu. as 板さん) (See 板前・1,板場・いたば・2) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; (5) stage (i.e. at a theatre); (personal name) Ban A board; a board struck for calling e. g. to meals. |
癐 𤶊 see styles |
guài guai4 kuai |
(literary) serious illness; (Cantonese) variant of 攰[gui4] |
篤 笃 see styles |
dǔ du3 tu toku とく |
serious (illness); sincere; true (surname) Toku Sincere; serious; consolidate. |
縡 see styles |
zài zai4 tsai kon こん koto こと |
matter; affair (out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) thing; matter; (2) (kana only) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) (kana only) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) (kana only) work; business; affair; (5) (kana only) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (suffix noun) (6) (kana only) nominalizing suffix; (7) (kana only) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (n,n-suf) (8) (kana only) alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as |
莊 庄 see styles |
zhuāng zhuang1 chuang sou / so そう |
farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) (surname) Sou Sedate, serious, proper, stern. |
重 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung juu / ju じゅう |
heavy; serious; to attach importance to (1) (abbreviation) (See 重箱) jūbako; multi-tiered food box; (prefix noun) (2) heavy; (prefix noun) (3) serious; extreme; (suf,ctr) (4) (counter for layers in the ichi-ni-san counting system) (See 重・え) -fold; -ply; (personal name) Munenori Heavy, weighty, grave, serious; to lay stress upon, regard respectfully; again, double, repeated. |
そマ see styles |
soma そマ |
(expression) (abbreviation) (slang) (abbr. of それマジ?) (See マジ・1) are you serious?; is that for real?; (female given name) Soma |
切実 see styles |
setsujitsu せつじつ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) earnest; sincere; acute; keen; fervent; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) pressing; urgent; serious; severe; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) pertinent; appropriate |
別条 see styles |
betsujou / betsujo べつじょう |
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation |
別状 see styles |
betsujou / betsujo べつじょう |
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation |
利害 see styles |
lì hai li4 hai5 li hai rigai りがい |
terrible; formidable; serious; devastating; tough; capable; sharp; severe; fierce advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties) |
加重 see styles |
jiā zhòng jia1 zhong4 chia chung kajuu(p); kachou / kaju(p); kacho かじゅう(P); かちょう |
to make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious; to aggravate (a bad situation); to increase (a burden, punishment etc) (n,vs,vt,vi) weighting (in averaging); aggravation; (personal name) Kajuu |
十德 see styles |
shí dé shi2 de2 shih te jittoku |
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness. |
危極 see styles |
kikyoku ききょく |
crisis; grave danger; serious depression |
厳粛 see styles |
genshuku げんしゅく |
(adjectival noun) (1) grave; solemn; serious; (adjectival noun) (2) harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict |
厳談 see styles |
gendan げんだん |
(n,vs,vi) strong protest; demand for an explanation; serious talk |
命大 see styles |
mìng dà ming4 da4 ming ta |
lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) |
喝茶 see styles |
hē chá he1 cha2 ho ch`a ho cha |
to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") |
嚴肅 严肃 see styles |
yán sù yan2 su4 yen su |
(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce |
嚴重 严重 see styles |
yán zhòng yan2 zhong4 yen chung |
grave; serious; severe; critical |
多大 see styles |
duō dà duo1 da4 to ta tadai ただい |
how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much (adj-na,adj-no,n) great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious |
大事 see styles |
dà shì da4 shi4 ta shih daiji だいじ |
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] (adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK (因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise. |
大切 see styles |
taisetsu(p); taisechi(ok) たいせつ(P); たいせち(ok) |
(adjectival noun) (1) important; significant; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved; (adjectival noun) (3) (usu. adverbially as ~に) (See 大切に) careful; (place-name, surname) Oogiri |
大変 see styles |
taihen たいへん |
(adverb) (1) very; greatly; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) immense; enormous; great; (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; (4) difficult; hard; (5) (archaism) major incident; disaster |
大患 see styles |
dà huàn da4 huan4 ta huan taikan たいかん |
serious illness; travails great suffering |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Crazy Mad | 髮狂 发狂 | fā kuáng / fa1 kuang2 / fa kuang / fakuang | fa k`uang / fakuang / fa kuang | |
Intense Serious Deep Profound | 深刻 | shinkoku / misa | shēn kè / shen1 ke4 / shen ke / shenke | shen k`o / shenko / shen ko |
Intense Serious | 真剣 | shin ken / shinken | ||
Well-Disciplined Orderly | 嚴整 严整 | yán zhěng yan2 zheng3 yan zheng yanzheng | yen cheng yencheng |
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Work Unselfishly for the Common Good | 克己奉公 | kè jǐ fèng gōng ke4 ji3 feng4 gong1 ke ji feng gong kejifenggong | k`o chi feng kung kochifengkung ko chi feng kung |
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Shinken Shobu | 真剣勝負 | shinken shoubu shinkenshoubu shinken shobu | ||
Kyojitsu: Falsehood and Truth | 虚実 | kyo jitsu / kyojitsu | ||
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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