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A rising tide lifts all boats
水漲船高 means “A rising tide lifts all boats (or ships)” Chinese.
However, this is a Chinese translation of an English idiom, so I'm not a huge fan of making calligraphy artwork with this title.
Time and Tide Wait for No Man
光陰矢の如し is a Japanese proverb that means “time flies like an arrow.” It's very similar to the English idiom, “time and tide wait for no man,” or “life is short.”
The Kanji breakdown:
光陰 = Time (the cycle of light and dark).
[and an]
矢 = Arrow
の = are
如し = Alike
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Time and Tide Wait for No Man
歲不我與 is a Chinese proverb that means is a way to express, “Time and tide wait for no man.”
The literal meaning of these Chinese characters is, “Years don't [for] oneself wait.” In more natural English, it's more like, “Years will pass by, with or without you.”
There is also an alternate version, 时不我待, which literally means “Time doesn't [for] oneself, wait.” In natural English, it's more like, “Time waits for no man.”
Time Waits For No One
歳月人を待たず is a Japanese idiom “Saigetsu hito o matazu” which means “Time waits for no one.”
Another way to put it is, “Time and tide stay for no man.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
歲不我與 岁不我与 see styles |
suì bù wǒ yǔ sui4 bu4 wo3 yu3 sui pu wo yü |
More info & calligraphy: Time and Tide Wait for No Man |
水漲船高 水涨船高 see styles |
shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo shui3 zhang3 chuan2 gao1 shui chang ch`uan kao shui chang chuan kao |
More info & calligraphy: A rising tide lifts all boats |
光陰矢の如し see styles |
kouinyanogotoshi / koinyanogotoshi こういんやのごとし |
More info & calligraphy: Time and Tide Wait for No Man |
歳月人を待たず see styles |
saigetsuhitoomatazu さいげつひとをまたず |
More info & calligraphy: Time Waits For No One |
汐 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi seki せき |
night tides; evening ebbtide; Taiwan pr. [xi4] (1) tide; current; (2) salt water; (3) opportunity; (surname) Seki |
潮 see styles |
cháo chao2 ch`ao chao chou / cho ちょう |
tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard (1) tide; current; (2) salt water; (3) opportunity; (given name) Chō The tide; tidal; damp. |
落 see styles |
luò luo4 lo raku らく |
to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement (irregular okurigana usage) (1) slip; omission; (2) outcome; final result; the end; (3) (kana only) punch line (of a joke); (surname) Raku Falling leaves: to fall, drop, descend, settle; translit. la, na. |
中潮 see styles |
nakashio なかしお |
half tide (e.g. midway between spring and neap tides); (surname) Nakashio |
乘潮 see styles |
shèng cháo sheng4 chao2 sheng ch`ao sheng chao jōchō |
To take advantage of the tide. |
乾潮 干潮 see styles |
gān cháo gan1 chao2 kan ch`ao kan chao |
low tide; low water See: 干潮 |
人潮 see styles |
rén cháo ren2 chao2 jen ch`ao jen chao |
a tide of people |
低潮 see styles |
dī cháo di1 chao2 ti ch`ao ti chao teichou / techo ていちょう |
low tide; low ebb (See 高潮・こうちょう・1) low tide; low water |
來潮 来潮 see styles |
lái cháo lai2 chao2 lai ch`ao lai chao |
(of water) to rise; rising tide; (of women) to get one's period |
倒灌 see styles |
dào guàn dao4 guan4 tao kuan |
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; to back up (sewage) |
充つ see styles |
mitsu みつ |
(v5t,vi) (1) to be full; (2) to wax (e.g. moon); (3) to rise (e.g. tide); (4) to mature; to expire |
光陰 光阴 see styles |
guāng yīn guang1 yin1 kuang yin kouin / koin こういん |
time available time; Father Time time (and tide) |
入浜 see styles |
irihama いりはま |
naturally flooded salt farm below the high-tide mark; (surname) Irihama |
出潮 see styles |
deshio でしお |
high tide; (surname) Izushio |
回天 see styles |
huí tiān hui2 tian1 hui t`ien hui tien kaiten かいてん |
to reverse a desperate situation (1) changing the world; turning the tide; (2) torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII) |
墊底 垫底 see styles |
diàn dǐ dian4 di3 tien ti |
to put something on the bottom; to eat something to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings |
夏潮 see styles |
natsushio; natsujio なつしお; なつじお |
(rare) summer tide; tide reflecting the summer sun |
夕汐 see styles |
yuushio / yushio ゆうしお |
evening tide |
夕潮 see styles |
yuushio / yushio ゆうしお |
evening tide; (female given name) Yūshio |
大勢 大势 see styles |
dà shì da4 shi4 ta shih taisei / taise たいせい |
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion); (surname) Oose See 大勢至菩薩. |
大潮 see styles |
dà cháo da4 chao2 ta ch`ao ta chao ooshio おおしお |
spring tide; (fig.) momentous social change (See 小潮) spring tide; (given name) Daichō |
小潮 see styles |
xiǎo cháo xiao3 chao2 hsiao ch`ao hsiao chao koshio こしお |
neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 大潮) neap tide; (place-name) Koshio |
干潮 see styles |
kanchou; hishio / kancho; hishio かんちょう; ひしお |
(See 満潮・まんちょう) low tide; low water; ebb |
廻天 see styles |
kaiten かいてん |
(1) changing the world; turning the tide; (2) torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII) |
引汐 see styles |
hikishio ひきしお |
(irregular okurigana usage) ebb tide |
引潮 see styles |
hikishio ひきしお |
ebb tide |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| A rising tide lifts all boats | 水漲船高 水涨船高 | shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo shui3 zhang3 chuan2 gao1 shui zhang chuan gao shuizhangchuangao | shui chang ch`uan kao shuichangchuankao shui chang chuan kao |
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| Time and Tide Wait for No Man | 光陰矢の如し 光阴矢の如し | kouinya no goto shi kouinyanogotoshi koinya no goto shi | ||
| Time and Tide Wait for No Man | 歲不我與 岁不我与 | suì bù wǒ yǔ sui4 bu4 wo3 yu3 sui bu wo yu suibuwoyu | sui pu wo yü suipuwoyü |
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| Time Waits For No One | 歳月人を待たず | sai getsu hito o ma ta zu saigetsuhitoomatazu | ||
| 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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