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羅爾 is the name Roll in Chinese (Mandarin).
Roll
ロール is the name Roll in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
An Open Book Benefits Your Mind
There are several ways to translate this ancient proverb. Translated literally and directly, it says, “Open roll has/yields benefit.”
To understand that, you must know a few things...
First, Chinese characters and language have deeper meanings that often are not spoken but are understood - especially with ancient texts like this. Example: It's understood that the “benefit” referred to in this proverb is to the reader's mind. Just the last character expresses that whole idea.
Second, Chinese proverbs are supposed to make you think and leave a bit of mystery to figure out.
Third, for this proverb, it should be noted that roll = book. When this proverb came about (about two thousand years ago), books were rolls of bamboo slips strung together. The first bound books like the ones we use today did not come about until about a thousand years after this proverb when they invented paper in China.
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Some other translations of this phrase:
Opening a book is profitable
The benefits of education.
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Accept the Situation and Move On
First Turn of the Dharma Wheel
In the Abyss of Infinite Bitterness - Turn to the Shore
Move on / Change Way of Thinking
Reel
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
法輪 法轮 see styles |
fǎ lún fa3 lun2 fa lun noriwa のりわ |
More info & calligraphy: Eternal Wheel of Life{Buddh} (See 輪宝,転法輪) the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine; (surname) Noriwa dharmacakra, the Wheel of the Law, Buddha-truth which is able to crush all evil and all opposition, like Indra's wheel, and which rolls on from man to man, place to place, age to age. 轉法輪To turn, or roll along the Law-wheel, i.e. to preach Buddha-truth. |
ロール see styles |
rooru ロール |
More info & calligraphy: Roll |
匹 see styles |
pǐ pi3 p`i pi hiki ひき |
(bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair; classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]); classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower (counter) (1) counter for small animals; (2) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (3) roll of cloth; (counter) (1) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (2) (archaism) counter for horses; (3) roll of cloth; (surname) Hiki |
卷 see styles |
juàn juan4 chüan kan |
scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll roll |
團 团 see styles |
tuán tuan2 t`uan tuan madoka まどか |
round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) (personal name) Madoka Round; a ball, mass, lump; a group, company, train-band. |
媻 see styles |
pán pan2 p`an pan ba |
to move To and fro, to roll: translit. bha, va. |
巻 see styles |
juǎn juan3 chüan maki まき |
Japanese variant of 卷[juan3] (n,ctr) (1) volume (of book); reel (of film); (n,ctr) (2) scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.); (p,s,f) Maki |
幅 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fuku ふく |
width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures (1) scroll; (suf,ctr) (2) (also ぶく, ぷく) counter for scrolls; (surname) Fuku |
挽 see styles |
wǎn wan3 wan hiki ひき |
to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover (surname) Hiki |
捲 卷 see styles |
juǎn juan3 chüan ken |
to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc to roll up |
揎 see styles |
xuān xuan1 hsüan |
to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm |
揣 see styles |
chuài chuai4 ch`uai chuai sui |
used in 囊揣[nang1 chuai4]; used in 掙揣|挣揣[zheng4 chuai4] To estimate, conjecture, guess; said also to mean 摶 to roll into a ball, roll together. |
搓 see styles |
cuō cuo1 ts`o tso |
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist |
摠 see styles |
zǒng zong3 tsung sō |
general; in every case; to hold to roll up |
摶 抟 see styles |
tuán tuan2 t`uan tuan |
to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]); (literary) to circle; to wheel |
擀 see styles |
gǎn gan3 kan |
to roll (dough etc) |
殷 see styles |
yǐn yin3 yin tadasu ただす |
roll of thunder (hist) Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty; (personal name) Tadasu |
滾 滚 see styles |
gǔn gun3 kun |
to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! |
疋 匹 see styles |
yǎ ya3 ya hiki ひき |
variant of 雅[ya3] (counter) (1) counter for small animals; (2) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (3) roll of cloth; (counter) (1) counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (2) (archaism) counter for horses; (3) roll of cloth; (surname) Hiki |
睙 see styles |
liè lie4 lieh |
to roll the eyeballs to look |
礧 see styles |
lèi lei4 lei |
roll stone down hill; stone pile |
軋 轧 see styles |
zhá zha2 cha |
to roll (steel) |
一揃 see styles |
pinzoro; pinzoro ピンぞろ; ピンゾロ |
(kana only) (See ピン・1) roll of all ones (dice); snake eyes |
上卷 see styles |
shàng juǎn shang4 juan3 shang chüan jōkan |
first roll |
上榜 see styles |
shàng bǎng shang4 bang3 shang pang |
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam); to make the list; (of a song) to hit the charts |
下卷 see styles |
xià juǎn xia4 juan3 hsia chüan gekan |
second roll |
下線 下线 see styles |
xià xiàn xia4 xian4 hsia hsien kasen かせん |
to go offline; (of a product) to roll off the assembly line; downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme) underline; underscore |
代返 see styles |
daihen だいへん |
(n,vs,vi) answer a roll call for another |
伸す see styles |
nosu のす |
(v5s,vi) (1) (kana only) to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; (v5s,vi) (2) (kana only) to gain influence; to become stronger; to increase (e.g. in scope); (v5s,vi) (3) (kana only) to go further; to extend one's journey; (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to smooth out; to roll out; to spread out (something folded); (transitive verb) (5) (kana only) (also written 熨す) to iron out (creases); (transitive verb) (6) (kana only) to knock out; to knock down |
俵雪 see styles |
tawarayuki たわらゆき |
(See 雪まくり) snow roller (wind-blown roll of snow) |
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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 | |
| Roll | 羅爾 罗尔 | luó ěr / luo2 er3 / luo er / luoer | lo erh / loerh | |
| Roll | ロール | rooru / roru | ||
| An Open Book Benefits Your Mind | 開卷有益 开卷有益 | kāi juàn yǒu yì kai1 juan4 you3 yi4 kai juan you yi kaijuanyouyi | k`ai chüan yu i kaichüanyui kai chüan yu i |
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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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