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Life is Short
jinsei ha mijikai
人生は短い is “life is short” in Japanese.
The character breakdown:
人生 (jinsei) life (i.e., conception to death); human life, living, lifetime.
は (ha/wa) particle (means “is” in this case).
短い (mijikai) short.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Life is Short
A 100-year-old is but a traveler passing through this life
bǎi suì guāng yīn rú guò kè
百歲光陰如過客 directly translates as: [Even a] hundred-year-old [person] is [just a] traveler passing by.
The simple message is, “Human life is short.” Of course, there is an unspoken suggestion that you should make the best of your time here on earth.
Fear not long roads; Fear only short ambition
bú pà lù yuǎn zhǐ pà zhì duǎn
不怕路遠隻怕志短 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as “Fear not long roads; fear only short ambition,” or “Don't fear that the road is long, only fear that your will/ambition/aspiration is short.”
Figuratively, this means: However difficult the goal is, one can achieve it as long as one is determined to do so.
Others may translate the meaning as “Don't let a lack of willpower stop you from pressing onward in your journey.”
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
夢 梦 see styles |
mèng meng4 meng yumemu ゆめむ |
More info & calligraphy: Dream / Dreams(1) dream; (2) dream; hope; wish; aspiration; ambition; (3) unrealistic aspiration; daydream; pipe dream; (4) delusion; illusion; (5) fleeting thing; something short-lived; (female given name) Yumemu A dream, a simile of the things of the world. |
秦 see styles |
qín qin2 ch`in chin yasushi やすし |
More info & calligraphy: Qin / Chin / Tan / Yasushi(hist) Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty; (surname) Yasushi a fine strain of rice |
超 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Super(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna. |
上海 see styles |
shàng hǎi shang4 hai3 shang hai shanhai シャンハイ |
More info & calligraphy: ShanghaiShanghai (China); (place-name) Shanghai (China) |
北京 see styles |
běi jīng bei3 jing1 pei ching pekin ペキン |
More info & calligraphy: BeijingBeijing (China); Peking; (place-name) Beijing (China); Peking |
呼吸 see styles |
hū xī hu1 xi1 hu hsi kokyuu / kokyu こきゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Breathe(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) breathing; respiration; (2) knack; trick; secret (of doing something); (3) harmony; balance; synchronization; accord; (4) (See 一呼吸) short interval; short pause Exhale and inhale. |
布羅 布罗 see styles |
bù luó bu4 luo2 pu lo fura |
More info & calligraphy: Breaux |
澳門 澳门 see styles |
ào mén ao4 men2 ao men makao マカオ |
More info & calligraphy: MacAo / MacAu(kana only) Macao (China); Macau; (place-name) Macao |
香港 see styles |
xiāng gǎng xiang1 gang3 hsiang kang honkon ホンコン |
More info & calligraphy: Hong KongHong Kong; (place-name) Hong Kong |
ショート see styles |
joodo ジョード |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: ロング) short; (2) (abbreviation) {baseb} (See ショートストップ) shortstop; (noun/participle) (3) {elec} short (circuit); (4) (abbreviation) (See ショートヘア) short hair; (5) {finc} (See 空売り) short selling; (personal name) Joad |
光陰矢の如し see styles |
kouinyanogotoshi / koinyanogotoshi こういんやのごとし |
More info & calligraphy: Time and Tide Wait for No Man |
乏 see styles |
fá fa2 fa houkaku / hokaku ほうかく |
short of; tired (personal name) Houkaku Lacking. |
令 see styles |
lìng ling4 ling reiji / reji れいじ |
to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make something happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem (n,n-suf) (1) command; order; dictation; (prefix) (2) (See 令和) nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-); (personal name) Reiji cause |
促 see styles |
cù cu4 ts`u tsu soku |
(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against to hurry |
俴 see styles |
jiàn jian4 chien |
short; shallow; thin plate |
刻 see styles |
kè ke4 k`o ko kiza きざ |
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals scratch Cut, carve, engrave; oppress; a quarter of an hour, instant. |
唈 see styles |
yì yi4 i |
palpitation; short breathing |
夙 see styles |
sù su4 su hayashi はやし |
morning; early; long-held; long-cherished (adverb) (kana only) a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning); outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period; (given name) Hayashi |
小 see styles |
xiǎo xiao3 hsiao hamako はまこ |
small; tiny; few; young (n,n-pref) (1) smallness; small item; (2) (abbreviation) (See 小の月) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); (n,n-pref) (3) (abbreviation) (See 小学校) elementary school; (prefix noun) (4) smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; (prefix noun) (5) younger (of two people with the same name); junior; (6) (archaism) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m); (surname) Hamako Small, little; mean, petty; inferior. |
并 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping hyō |
short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2] to put together |
幻 see styles |
huàn huan4 huan maboroshi まぼろし |
fantasy (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) phantom; vision; illusion; apparition; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) something fleeting; short-lived dream; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) fabled item; mythical thing; very rare thing; (surname) Maboroshi māyā. Illusion, hallucination, a conjurer's trick, jugglery, i. e. one of the ten illustrations of unreality. |
徑 径 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching kyō |
footpath; track; diameter; straight; directly A short cut, a diameter. |
扦 see styles |
qiān qian1 ch`ien chien |
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc; skewer; prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc; (dialect) to stick in; to bolt (a door); to arrange (flowers in a vase); to graft (tree); to pedicure; to peel (an apple etc) |
束 see styles |
shù shu4 shu tsugane つがね |
to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control (1) strut; short vertical post; (2) thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (3) (archaism) (See 束・そく・1,束・そく・2,束・そく・3) handbreadth; bundle; (given name) Tsugane a bundle; a band |
歇 see styles |
xiē xie1 hsieh |
to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while |
汆 see styles |
cuān cuan1 ts`uan tsuan |
quick-boil; to boil for a short time |
渝 see styles |
yú yu2 yü |
short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]; old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan |
滬 沪 see styles |
hù hu4 hu ko こ |
short name for Shanghai (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 上海) Shanghai (China) |
牏 see styles |
tóu tou2 t`ou tou |
short board; plank |
猈 see styles |
bà ba4 pa |
dog with short shinbone |
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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 | |
| Life is Short | 人生は短い | jinsei ha mijikai jinseihamijikai | ||
| Life is Short | 百歲光陰如過客 百岁光阴如过客 | bǎi suì guāng yīn rú guò kè bai3 sui4 guang1 yin1 ru2 guo4 ke4 bai sui guang yin ru guo ke baisuiguangyinruguoke | pai sui kuang yin ju kuo k`o paisuikuangyinjukuoko pai sui kuang yin ju kuo ko |
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| Fear not long roads; Fear only short ambition | 不怕路遠隻怕志短 不怕路远只怕志短 | bú pà lù yuǎn zhǐ pà zhì duǎn bu2 pa4 lu4 yuan3 zhi3 pa4 zhi4 duan3 bu pa lu yuan zhi pa zhi duan bupaluyuanzhipazhiduan | pu p`a lu yüan chih p`a chih tuan pu pa lu yüan chih pa chih tuan |
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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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