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1. Apolinario
2. Appoline
4. To cut and polish each other
5. Hipolito
6. Ippolito
7. Ladispoli
8. Napoli
9. Napolitano
10. Police
11. Police / Public Security Bureau
12. Poling
13. Polite
14. Polito
禮貌 is a Chinese and old Korean word that means courtesy or politeness.
Courtesy is being polite and having good manners. When you speak and act courteously, you give others a feeling of being valued and respected. Greet people pleasantly. Bring courtesy home. Your family needs it most of all. Courtesy helps life to go smoothly.
If you put the words "fēi cháng bù" in front of this, it is like adding "very much not." it’s a great insult in China, as nobody wants to be called "extremely discourteous" or "very much impolite."
相切相磋 means, “to cut and polish each other” or “mutual cutting and polishing.”
This is an original Chinese phrase (also known in Japan), though it matches the idea of “Iron sharpens iron; so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17).
This was derived at some point from the Chinese phrase, 切磋琢磨, which means “cutting, filing, carving, polishing.”
警察 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for police (or police officer).
Police cars all over China and Japan have these characters painted on the doors. Police officers' helmets and equipment are also emblazoned with these two characters.
公安 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for (The Ministry of) Public Security. 公安 can also generally mean public safety, public security, or public welfare. It is a positive term in Japan, where some even name their daughters “Kouan” (this title).
In China, this is the kinder name for the PSB or Public Security Bureau. It's really the national police of China - occasionally brutal and seldom properly-trained or educated. Once in a while, you find a PSB officer who lives up to the title of 公安. Before the 1989 massacre, it was the PSB officers who refused to stop nor kill any of the protesting college students (so they're not all bad). The Chinese government had to call in soldiers from Inner Mongolia to kill thousands of protesters.
切磋琢磨 literally means “cutting, filing, carving, polishing” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Originally describing polishing jade, 切磋琢磨 became a metaphor for people refining one another through study or interaction.
This can have the following interpretations:
To learn by exchanging ideas or experiences.
Mutual encouragement (to improve).
Cultivating one's character by studying hard.
Peers improving each other.
Mutual refinement.
Diligent application.
Intellectual sharpening.
In the context of self-reflection, it can mean discussing and pondering.
切磋琢磨 is probably the closest philosophical equivalent to “iron sharpens iron.”
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Apolinario | 阿波利納里奧 阿波利纳里奥 | ā bō lì nà lǐ ào a1 bo1 li4 na4 li3 ao4 a bo li na li ao abolinaliao | a po li na li ao apolinaliao |
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| Apolinario | エーポリナリオ | eeporinario eporinario | ||
| Appoline | 阿波琳 | ā bō lín a1 bo1 lin2 a bo lin abolin | a po lin apolin |
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| Appoline | エープポリン | eepuporin / epuporin | ||
| Courtesy Politeness | 禮貌 礼貌 | lǐ mào / li3 mao4 / li mao / limao | ||
| To cut and polish each other | 相切相磋 | sousetsu sousa sousetsusousa sosetsu sosa | xiāng qiē xiāng cuō xiang1 qie1 xiang1 cuo1 xiang qie xiang cuo xiangqiexiangcuo | hsiang ch`ieh hsiang ts`o hsiangchiehhsiangtso hsiang chieh hsiang tso |
| Hipolito | 依潑里托 依泼里托 | yī pō lǐ tuō yi1 po1 li3 tuo1 yi po li tuo yipolituo | i p`o li t`o ipolito i po li to |
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| Hipolito | イポリト | iporito | ||
| Ippolito | 伊波利托 | yī bō lì tuō yi1 bo1 li4 tuo1 yi bo li tuo yibolituo | i po li t`o ipolito i po li to |
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| Ippolito | イッポリト | ipporito / iporito | ||
| Ladispoli | 拉迪斯波利 | lā dí sī bō lì la1 di2 si1 bo1 li4 la di si bo li ladisiboli | la ti ssu po li latissupoli |
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| Ladispoli | ラディスポリ | radisupori | ||
| Napoli | 那不勒斯 | nà bù lēi sī na4 bu4 lei1 si1 na bu lei si nabuleisi | na pu lei ssu napuleissu |
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| Napoli | ナポリ | napori | ||
| Napolitano | 納波利塔諾 纳波利塔诺 | nà bō lì tǎ nuò na4 bo1 li4 ta3 nuo4 na bo li ta nuo nabolitanuo | na po li t`a no napolitano na po li ta no |
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| Napolitano | ナポリターノ | naporitaano naporitano | ||
| Police | 警察 | keisatsu | jǐng chá / jing3 cha2 / jing cha / jingcha | ching ch`a / chingcha / ching cha |
| Police Public Security Bureau | 公安 | kou an / kouan / ko an | gōng ān / gong1 an1 / gong an / gongan | kung an / kungan |
| Poling | 波林 | bō lín / bo1 lin2 / bo lin / bolin | po lin / polin | |
| Poling | ポリング | poringu | ||
| Polite | ポライト | poraito | ||
| Polito | 波利托 | bō lì tuō bo1 li4 tuo1 bo li tuo bolituo | po li t`o polito po li to |
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| Polito | ポリト | porito | ||
| Cutting and Polishing | 切磋琢磨 | sessata kuma sessatakuma sesata kuma | ||
| 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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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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