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Do not shed a tear until you see the coffin
不見棺材不落淚 is a cautionary tale that suggests you are unknowingly (though it should be obvious）on a bad course.
It further suggests that you will not realize your folly until the worst has happened.
This can also be a warning of inaction until it's too late to take action. Again, not realizing your error until it's too late.
In an alternate interpretation, some will suggest this means doing something bad and not looking back - Then the worst happens.
It should be noted that this is one of the oddest selections for a wall scroll in our whole Asian calligraphy database. All of our translators are convinced that no Chinese person would ever hang this on their wall.
Spirit / Soul
靈 is spirit or soul in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
If you look in the dictionary, you'll also find definitions for this character like:
quick; alert; efficacious; effective; departed soul; coffin; spiritual; energy; effective; clever.
There is a modern Japanese version of this character. The button above will get you the traditional/ancient form. But, if you want the modern Japanese, click on the Kanji to the right instead.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
靈 灵 see styles |
líng ling2 ling ryō |
More info & calligraphy: Spirit / SoulSpirit, spiritual, energy, effective, clever. |
不見棺材不落淚 不见棺材不落泪 see styles |
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi bu4 jian4 guan1 cai5 bu4 luo4 lei4 pu chien kuan ts`ai pu lo lei pu chien kuan tsai pu lo lei |
More info & calligraphy: Do not shed a tear until you see the coffin |
厝 see styles |
cuò cuo4 ts`o tso |
to lay in place; to put; to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial |
材 see styles |
cái cai2 ts`ai tsai zai ざい |
material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old) (n,n-suf) (1) wood; lumber; timber; (2) (raw) material; stuff; (3) talent; ability; capable person; (personal name) Motoki |
柩 see styles |
jiù jiu4 chiu hitsugi ひつぎ |
bier coffin; casket |
棺 see styles |
guān guan1 kuan ikuo いくお |
coffin coffin; casket; (personal name) Ikuo A coffin 棺材. |
楄 匾 see styles |
pián pian2 p`ien pien |
basket-couch in coffin |
槓 杠 see styles |
gàng gang4 kang kan カン |
coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash (noun/participle) {mahj} (See 槓子) forming a four-of-a-kind (chi:); declaring a kong |
槥 see styles |
huì hui4 hui |
coffin |
槨 椁 see styles |
guǒ guo3 kuo kaku |
outer coffin outer box of a coffin |
檜 桧 see styles |
guì gui4 kuei hinoki ひのき |
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. [kuai4] (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress; (surname, female given name) Hinoki |
櫬 榇 see styles |
chèn chen4 ch`en chen |
Sterculia plantanifolia; coffin |
殮 殓 see styles |
liàn lian4 lien |
to prepare a dead body for coffin |
窆 see styles |
biǎn bian3 pien |
to put a coffin in the grave |
龕 龛 see styles |
kān kan1 k`an kan gan がん |
(bound form) niche; shrine (1) niche for a Buddhist image; alcove; (2) (See 厨子・1) miniature shrine for a Buddhist image; (3) portable shrine used to move a deceased person from their house to the graveyard (in Okinawa) A shrine; a cabinet, box; a coffin (for a monk); to contain. |
入棺 see styles |
nyuukan / nyukan にゅうかん |
(noun, transitive verb) placing in the coffin |
入殮 入殓 see styles |
rù liàn ru4 lian4 ju lien |
to put dead body in coffin |
入物 see styles |
iremono いれもの |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) container; case; receptacle; (2) (euph. for) coffin; casket |
內箱 内箱 see styles |
nèi xiāng nei4 xiang1 nei hsiang naishō |
inner box of a coffin |
出棺 see styles |
shukkan しゅっかん |
(n,vs,vi) carrying out a coffin; funeral procession |
哭靈 哭灵 see styles |
kū líng ku1 ling2 k`u ling ku ling |
to weep before a coffin or a memorial to the dead |
墓道 see styles |
mù dào mu4 dao4 mu tao |
path leading to a grave; tomb passage; aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb |
壽材 寿材 see styles |
shòu cái shou4 cai2 shou ts`ai shou tsai |
coffin |
守喪 守丧 see styles |
shǒu sāng shou3 sang1 shou sang |
to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning |
守靈 守灵 see styles |
shǒu líng shou3 ling2 shou ling |
to keep watch beside a coffin |
容物 see styles |
iremono いれもの |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) container; case; receptacle; (2) (euph. for) coffin; casket |
寝棺 see styles |
nekan ねかん |
coffin; casket |
就木 see styles |
jiù mù jiu4 mu4 chiu mu |
to be placed in a coffin; (fig.) to die |
抬槓 抬杠 see styles |
tái gàng tai2 gang4 t`ai kang tai kang |
to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles |
木棺 see styles |
mokkan もっかん |
wooden coffin |
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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 | |
| Do not shed a tear until you see the coffin | 不見棺材不落淚 不见棺材不落泪 | bú jiàn guān cái bú luò lèi bu2 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu2 luo4 lei4 bu jian guan cai bu luo lei bujianguancaibuluolei | pu chien kuan ts`ai pu lo lei puchienkuantsaipulolei pu chien kuan tsai pu lo lei |
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| Spirit Soul | 靈 灵 | ryou / ryo | líng / ling2 / ling | |
| 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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