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Drown
德朗 is the name Drown in Chinese (Mandarin).
Drown
ドローン is the name Drown in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also
Many things have opposite properties. The water you drink can also drown you. Pork may nourish you and keep you alive but under-cook it and it could kill you. Potassium nitrate is often used as a fertilizer to grow the food that sustains us but it's also been used as an explosive to topple buildings and destroy us.
This concept is easily associated with “yin yang” where an element has two opposite properties that are as different as night and day.
This proverb's meaning can be summed up this way: “Anything that can lead you to success may also contain great risks.”
This phrase is known in literary circles by Korean people (scholars or literature). It is therefore also a valid proverb in Korean Hanja, though most Koreans would not be able to make sense of it.
Please note that there is an unwritten rule when the same character appears twice in the same phrase, the calligrapher will alter the appearance so that no two characters are exactly alike in the same piece. This calligraphy has two repeating characters that will be written differently than they appear here.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
淹 see styles |
yān yan1 yen en |
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay to stagnate |
滅 灭 see styles |
miè mie4 mieh metsu |
to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown Extinguish, exterminate, destroy; a tr. of nirodha, suppression, annihilation; of nirvāṇa, blown out, extinguished, dead, perfect rest, highest felicity, etc.; and of nivṛtti, cessation, disappearance. nirodha is the third of the four axioms: 苦, 集, 滅, 道 pain, its focussing, its cessation (or cure), the way of such cure. Various ideas are expressed as to the meaning of 滅, i.e. annihilation or extinction of existence; or of rebirth and mortal existence; or of the passions as the cause of pain; and it is the two latter views which generally prevail; cf. M017574 10 strokes. |
悶酒 闷酒 see styles |
mèn jiǔ men4 jiu3 men chiu |
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows |
投河 see styles |
tóu hé tou2 he2 t`ou ho tou ho |
to jump into a river to drown oneself |
消す see styles |
kesu けす |
(transitive verb) (1) to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete; (transitive verb) (2) to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; (transitive verb) (3) to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; (transitive verb) (4) to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison); (transitive verb) (5) to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle; (transitive verb) (6) (colloquialism) to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out |
淪沒 沦没 see styles |
lún mò lun2 mo4 lun mo |
to sink; to drown |
淹死 see styles |
yān sǐ yan1 si3 yen ssu |
to drown |
淹沒 淹没 see styles |
yān mò yan1 mo4 yen mo |
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) |
淹蓋 淹盖 see styles |
yān gài yan1 gai4 yen kai |
to submerge; to flood; to drown out |
溺亡 see styles |
nì wáng ni4 wang2 ni wang |
to drown |
溺嬰 溺婴 see styles |
nì yīng ni4 ying1 ni ying |
to drown a newborn baby (as method of infanticide) |
溺死 see styles |
nì sǐ ni4 si3 ni ssu dekishi できし |
to drown (n,vs,vi) death by drowning |
溺水 see styles |
nì shuǐ ni4 shui3 ni shui dekisui できすい |
to drown drowning |
自沉 see styles |
zì chén zi4 chen2 tzu ch`en tzu chen |
to scuttle (a ship); to drown oneself |
自溺 see styles |
zì nì zi4 ni4 tzu ni |
to drown oneself |
買醉 买醉 see styles |
mǎi zuì mai3 zui4 mai tsui |
to get drunk; to drown one's sorrows |
跳井 see styles |
tiào jǐng tiao4 jing3 t`iao ching tiao ching |
to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction) |
跳河 see styles |
tiào hé tiao4 he2 t`iao ho tiao ho |
to drown oneself by jumping into the river |
打消す see styles |
uchikesu うちけす |
(transitive verb) (1) to deny; to contradict; (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out |
浸豬籠 浸猪笼 see styles |
jìn zhū lóng jin4 zhu1 long2 chin chu lung |
to drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of 沉潭[chen2 tan2] |
溺らす see styles |
oborasu おぼらす |
(transitive verb) (1) to drown; (transitive verb) (2) to cause to be indulged or addicted |
溺れる see styles |
oboreru おぼれる |
(v1,vi) (1) (See 溺れ死ぬ) to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; (v1,vi) (2) to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted; to wallow in |
紛らす see styles |
magirasu まぎらす |
(transitive verb) (1) to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time); (transitive verb) (2) to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject) |
かき消す see styles |
kakikesu かきけす |
(transitive verb) to erase; to drown out (e.g. noise, sound) |
借酒澆愁 借酒浇愁 see styles |
jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu jie4 jiu3 jiao1 chou2 chieh chiu chiao ch`ou chieh chiu chiao chou |
(idiom) to drown one's sorrows |
打ち消す see styles |
uchikesu うちけす |
(transitive verb) (1) to deny; to contradict; (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out |
掻き消す see styles |
kakikesu かきけす |
(transitive verb) to erase; to drown out (e.g. noise, sound) |
溺れ死ぬ see styles |
oborejinu おぼれじぬ |
(v5n,vi) (sensitive word) to die by drowning; to drown |
溺れ込む see styles |
oborekomu おぼれこむ |
(Godan verb with "mu" ending) to drown; to get addicted; to become infatuated |
紛らせる see styles |
magiraseru まぎらせる |
(transitive verb) (1) (See 紛らす・1) to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to drown (one's sorrows); to beguile (the time); (transitive verb) (2) (See 紛らす・2) to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation); to change (the subject) |
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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 | |
| Drown | 德朗 | dé lǎng / de2 lang3 / de lang / delang | te lang / telang | |
| Drown | ドローン | doroon / doron | ||
| Not Only Can Water Float A Boat, It Can Sink It Also | 水能載舟亦能覆舟 水能载舟亦能覆舟 | shuǐ néng zài zhōu yì néng fù zhōu shui3 neng2 zai4 zhou1 yi4 neng2 fu4 zhou1 shui neng zai zhou yi neng fu zhou | shui neng tsai chou i neng fu chou | |
| 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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