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選擇生活 can mean to choose life instead of death (or suicide) or to choose to live life to the fullest.
I think of it as the key phrase used by Renton (Ewan McGregor) in the movie Trainspotting. While Chinese people will not think of Trainspotting when they see this phrase, for me, it will always be what comes near the end of this colorful rant:
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on-hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Disc search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
璧 see styles |
bì bi4 pi heki へき |
jade annulus bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre) |
皿 see styles |
mǐn min3 min sara さら |
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108 (1) plate; dish; platter; disc; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) serving; helping; course; (3) kanji radical 108 (at the bottom); (place-name) Sara |
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. |
輪 轮 see styles |
lún lun2 lun run るん |
wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn (counter) counter for wheels and flowers; (female given name) Run cakra; wheel, disc, rotation, to revolve; v. 研. The three wheels are 惑業苦illusion, karma, suffering, in constant revolution. The five are earth, water, fire, wind, and space; the earth rests on revolving spheres of water, fire, wind, and space. The nine are seen on the tops of pagodas, cf. 九輪.; The two wheels of a cart compared by the Tiantai school to 定 (or to its Tiantai form 止觀) and 慧 meditation and wisdom; see 止觀 5. Also 食 food and 法 the doctrine, i. e. food physical and spiritual. |
BD see styles |
bii dii; biidii(sk) / bi di; bidi(sk) ビー・ディー; ビーディー(sk) |
(See ブルーレイディスク) Blu-ray Disc; BD |
DJ see styles |
dii jee; diijee(sk); diijei(sk) / di jee; dijee(sk); dije(sk) ディー・ジェー; ディージェー(sk); ディージェイ(sk) |
DJ; disc jockey |
LD see styles |
eru dii; erudii(sk) / eru di; erudi(sk) エル・ディー; エルディー(sk) |
(1) (See リビングダイニング) living-cum-dining room; combined living room and dining room; (2) (See レーザーディスク) laser disc; LD; (3) (See 学習障害) learning disability; (4) lighting director; (5) (See 半導体レーザー) laser diode |
光盤 光盘 see styles |
guāng pán guang1 pan2 kuang p`an kuang pan |
compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM; CL:片[pian4],張|张[zhang1] |
光碟 see styles |
guāng dié guang1 die2 kuang tieh |
optical disc; compact disc; CD; CD-ROM; CL:片[pian4],張|张[zhang1] |
円板 see styles |
enban えんばん |
disk; disc |
円盤 see styles |
enban えんばん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) disk; discus; platter; (2) flying saucer; (3) disc media (CD, DVD, etc.) |
刻錄 刻录 see styles |
kè lù ke4 lu4 k`o lu ko lu |
to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc |
打口 see styles |
dǎ kǒu da3 kou3 ta k`ou ta kou |
(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc |
日輪 日轮 see styles |
rì lún ri4 lun2 jih lun hiwa ひわ |
(See 太陽) Sun; (personal name) Hiwa The sun's disc, which is the exterior of the sun palace of 日天子; it is said to consist of sphaṭika, or fiery crystal. |
月輪 月轮 see styles |
yuè lún yue4 lun2 yüeh lun tsukiwa つきわ |
full moon (full) moon; moon when it's round; (female given name) Tsukiwa The moon's disc, the moon. |
月餅 月饼 see styles |
yuè bǐng yue4 bing3 yüeh ping geppei / geppe げっぺい |
mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China |
歌碟 see styles |
gē dié ge1 die2 ko tieh |
disc; record (music) |
焼く see styles |
yaku やく |
(transitive verb) (1) to burn; (2) to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue; (3) to heat; to heat up; (4) to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn; (5) to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn; (6) to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc); (7) to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy |
燬く see styles |
yaku やく |
(out-dated kanji) (transitive verb) (1) to burn; (2) to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue; (3) to heat; to heat up; (4) to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn; (5) to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn; (6) to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc); (7) to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy |
碟片 see styles |
dié piàn die2 pian4 tieh p`ien tieh pien |
disc; CL:張|张[zhang1] |
腰突 see styles |
yāo tū yao1 tu1 yao t`u yao tu |
lumbar disc herniation |
藍光 蓝光 see styles |
lán guāng lan2 guang1 lan kuang |
Blu-ray (disc format) |
視盤 视盘 see styles |
shì pán shi4 pan2 shih p`an shih pan |
optic disc (anatomy); video compact disc (VCD) |
轉輪 转轮 see styles |
zhuàn lún zhuan4 lun2 chuan lun tenrin |
rotating disk; wheel; rotor; cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism cakravartī, "a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without hindrance." M.W. Revolving wheels; to turn a wheel: also 轉輪王 (轉輪聖王); 輪王; 轉輪聖帝, cf. 斫. The symbol is the cakra or disc, which is of four kinds indicating the rank, i.e. gold, silver, copper, or iron, the iron cakravartī ruling over one continent, the south; the copper, over two, east and south: the silver, over three, east, west, and south; the golden being supreme over all the four continents. The term is also applied to the gods over a universe, and to a buddha as universal spiritual king, and as preacher of the supreme doctrine. Only a cakravartī possesses the 七寳 saptaratna and 1, 000 sons. The cakra, or discus, is also a missile used by a cakravartī for overthrowing his enemies. Its origin is probably the sun with its myriad rays. |
金輪 金轮 see styles |
jīn lún jin1 lun2 chin lun kanawa かなわ |
(1) {Buddh} gold wheel (highest of the three layered wheels that support the earth above the primordial void); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金輪王) gold wheel-turning sage king; (place-name, surname) Kanawa The metal circle on which the earth rests, above the water circle which is above the wind (or air) circle which rests on space. Also the cakra, wheel or disc, emblem of sovereignty, one of the seven precious possessions of a king. |
銀盤 银盘 see styles |
yín pán yin2 pan2 yin p`an yin pan ginban ぎんばん |
silver plate; galactic disc (1) skating rink; ice surface; (2) silver plate |
頂輪 顶轮 see styles |
dǐng lún ding3 lun2 ting lun chōrin |
sahasrāra or sahasrara, the crown or fontanel chakra 查克拉, residing at the top of the skull A wheel or disc at the top, or on the head, idem 金輪佛頂 q.v. |
DVD see styles |
dii bui dii; diibuidii(sk) / di bui di; dibuidi(sk) ディー・ブイ・ディー; ディーブイディー(sk) |
digital versatile disc; DVD |
愛聴盤 see styles |
aichouban / aichoban あいちょうばん |
one's favorite music disc, LP album, etc. |
斫託羅 斫讬罗 see styles |
zhuó tuō luó zhuo2 tuo1 luo2 cho t`o lo cho to lo shakutara* |
idem 斫迦羅 (or 柘迦羅); 遮伽羅 (or 遮迦羅); 賒羯羅 Cakra, a wheel, disc, cycle; the wheel of the sun's chariot, of time, etc.; like the vajra it is a symbol of sovereignty, of advancing or doing at will; to revolve the wheel is to manifest power or wisdom. Eitel. The cakra is one of the thirty-two signs on a Buddha's soles. It is a symbol of a 斫迦羅伐辣底 Cakravartī-rāja. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Choose Life | 選擇生活 选择生活 | xuǎn zé shēng huó xuan3 ze2 sheng1 huo2 xuan ze sheng huo xuanzeshenghuo | hsüan tse sheng huo hsüantseshenghuo |
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| 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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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