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(The flower of love)
野玫瑰 is the simplest way to write “wild rose” in Chinese.
The first word literally means wild. The second is the single-character form of rose or roses (plural or singular is not specified in Chinese characters). This can also be translated as “sweet briar.”
赠人玫瑰手留余香 is a proverb that has been translated several ways:
1. Roses given, fragrance in hand.
2. You present others roses, and the fragrance remains.
3. The fragrance of the rose always remains on the hand of those that bestow them.
4. A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hands which gives the flowers
However, this literally translates as “Give someone rose flowers, [your] hands keep [the] remaining fragrance.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 玫瑰 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
玫瑰 see styles |
méi guī mei2 gui1 mei kuei mai kai |
More info & calligraphy: Rose Flowera sparkling red gem |
玫瑰果 see styles |
méi guī guǒ mei2 gui1 guo3 mei kuei kuo |
rose hip |
玫瑰花 see styles |
méi guī huā mei2 gui1 hua1 mei kuei hua |
rose |
玫瑰茄 see styles |
méi gui qié mei2 gui5 qie2 mei kuei ch`ieh mei kuei chieh |
roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) |
玫瑰念珠 see styles |
méi gui niàn zhū mei2 gui5 nian4 zhu1 mei kuei nien chu |
rosary (Catholic prayer beads) |
玫瑰戰爭 玫瑰战争 see styles |
méi guī zhàn zhēng mei2 gui1 zhan4 zheng1 mei kuei chan cheng |
The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) |
玫瑰星雲 玫瑰星云 see styles |
méi guī xīng yún mei2 gui1 xing1 yun2 mei kuei hsing yün |
Rosette nebula NGC 2237 |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Rose Flower | 玫瑰 | méi guì / mei2 gui4 / mei gui / meigui | mei kuei / meikuei | |
Wild Rose | 野玫瑰 | yě méi guì ye3 mei2 gui4 ye mei gui yemeigui | yeh mei kuei yehmeikuei |
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Rose Flowers Given, Frangrance Remains on Hands of Giver | 贈人玫瑰手留余香 赠人玫瑰手留余香 | zèng rén méi guī shǒu liú yú xiāng zeng4 ren2 mei2 gui1 shou3 liu2 yu2 xiang1 zeng ren mei gui shou liu yu xiang | tseng jen mei kuei shou liu yü hsiang | |
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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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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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