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1. Esprit de Corps / Team Spirit
2. Cardinals
3. Everton
4. Captain
5. Omoi
6. Pride
7. Navy SEALS
8. Giant
9. Marine Corps
10. Soccer / Football / Futbol
11. Marine
巨人 can mean giant or great person (great man or woman) in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
巨人 is also the short name of the Tokyo Giants baseball team.
Sometimes the Japanese female name Mito.
海軍陸戰隊 is the Chinese way to express “Marine Corps.” This could be the Marine Corps of virtually any country that has an amphibious military force.
Let me know if you want a more specific title, such as British Royal Marines or U.S. Marine Corps.
The Chinese title for Marines is very verbose...
Breaking down each character this means:
“ocean/sea military/arms shore/land fighting/war/battle corps/team/group.”
See Also: Military
足球 is the word for football or soccer in Chinese.
As with most of the world, football is very popular in China. During the World Cup, the whole country seems to shut down to watch (regardless of whether Team China is playing or not).
Soccer is probably the 3rd most popular participation sport in China (after ping pong and badminton).
As you might expect, the first character means “foot” and the second character means “ball.”
FYI: This game would never be confused with American Football in Chinese. As with the rest of the world, there is a vague awareness of what American Football is (often described as "that game kind of like rugby").
For those familiar with American Football, there is some disgust regarding the fact that winners of the Superbowl call themselves "world champions" of a game that is only played in the USA. This is one of the reasons that jokes abound about how Americans are unaware that there is a world outside of their borders.
Amphibious Warrior
海軍陸戰隊員 is the Chinese way to express “Marine.” (as in a member of the Marine Corps). It is not country-specific, so it could be the Royal Marines, U.S. Marines, Chinese Marines, etc.
In Australian English, they would translate this as “Naval Infantryman.”
Breaking down each character this means:
“ocean/sea military/arms shore/land fighting/war/battle corps/team/group person/member.” Note that the first two characters are presented together but outside of this phrase mean “navy” (sea military).
See Also: Warrior | Military | Navy | Art of War
飛虎隊 is the full Chinese title of the “Flying Tigers Group.”
These were the American pilots that volunteered to go to China and fight the Japanese before the entry of the USA into World War Two. These fighter pilots were so esteemed in China that fallen American pilots could always find refuge in villages and safe passage and escape to areas of China that were not occupied by Japan at that time. Chinese villagers helped such fallen pilots with full knowledge that when the Japanese occupation forces found out, all the men, women, and children in the village would be massacred by Japanese troops (there are more than a few known cases of such massacres).
The Flying Tigers successfully kept supply lines to the Chinese resistance open and divided Japanese forces at a crucial time while America prepared to join WWII officially.
A wall scroll like this honors the men who risked or gave their lives as noble volunteers and is a reminder of the best moment in the history of Sino-American relations.
These three characters literally mean “flying tiger(s) group/team/squad.”
Note: Hanging these characters on your wall will not make you any friends with Japanese people who are aware or this history (most Japanese have no idea, as Japan’s involvement in WWII has all but been erased from school textbooks in Japan).
These search terms might be related to Team:
Bunch
Kayin / Karen Ethnic Group
Listen to Both Sides and Be Enlightened, Listen to One Side and Be in the Dark
Set Your Heart Ablaze
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Esprit de Corps Team Spirit | 團隊精神 团队精神 | tuán duì jīng shén tuan2 dui4 jing1 shen2 tuan dui jing shen tuanduijingshen | t`uan tui ching shen tuantuichingshen tuan tui ching shen |
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| Cardinals | カージナルス | kaajinarusu kajinarusu | ||
| Everton | 埃弗頓 埃弗顿 | āi fú dùn ai1 fu2 dun4 ai fu dun aifudun | ai fu tun aifutun |
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| Captain | 隊長 队长 | taichou / taicho | duì zhǎng dui4 zhang3 dui zhang duizhang | tui chang tuichang |
| Omoi | オモイ | omoi | ||
| Pride | 自豪 | zì háo / zi4 hao2 / zi hao / zihao | tzu hao / tzuhao | |
| Navy SEALS | 海豹部隊 海豹部队 | hǎi bào bù duì hai3 bao4 bu4 dui4 hai bao bu dui haibaobudui | hai pao pu tui haipaoputui |
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| Giant | 巨人 | kyojin | jù rén / ju4 ren2 / ju ren / juren | chü jen / chüjen |
| Marine Corps | 海軍陸戰隊 海军陆战队 | hǎi jūn lù zhàn duì hai3 jun1 lu4 zhan4 dui4 hai jun lu zhan dui haijunluzhandui | hai chün lu chan tui haichünluchantui |
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| Soccer Football Futbol | 足球 | zú qiú / zu2 qiu2 / zu qiu / zuqiu | tsu ch`iu / tsuchiu / tsu chiu | |
| Marine | 海軍陸戰隊員 海军陆战队员 | hǎi jūn lù zhàn duì yuán hai3 jun1 lu4 zhan4 dui4 yuan2 hai jun lu zhan dui yuan haijunluzhanduiyuan | hai chün lu chan tui yüan haichünluchantuiyüan |
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| Flying Tigers AVG | 飛虎隊 飞虎队 | fēi hǔ duì fei1 hu3 dui4 fei hu dui feihudui | fei hu tui feihutui |
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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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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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