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影 means shadow in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Depending on the context, this can also mean silhouette, reflection, image, or presence.
猴拳 literally means what you think, it's the “Monkey Fist” school of Kung Fu. A style that mimics the punches and movements of monkeys and apes.
Becoming popular during the Qing Dynasty, this style can trace its origins back to as early as the Song Dynasty. Some of the romance and popularity of this style comes from the novel “Journey to the West” which features the Monkey King and his fighting skills.
This novel and martial arts style has spawned a stream of Hong Kong movies featuring the Monkey King and other Kung Fu style variations such as “Drunken Monkey” and “Monkey Stealing Peaches” (a technique of disabling your opponent by grabbing and yanking on his testicles).
Note: This kind of makes sense in Korean Hanja and Japanese Kanji but probably unknown by all Koreans and Japanese except those who have an interest in this form of Kung Fu.
Used in modern times for divorced couples that come back together
破鏡重圓 is about a husband and wife who were separated and reunited.
About 1500 years ago in China, there lived a beautiful princess named Le Chang. She and her husband Xu De Yan loved each other very much. But when the army of the Sui Dynasty was about to attack their kingdom, disposed of all of their worldly possessions and prepared to flee into exile.
They knew that in the chaos, they might lose track of each other, so the one possession they kept was a bronze mirror which is a symbol of unity for a husband and wife. They broke the mirror into two pieces, and each of them kept half of the mirror. They decided that if separated, they would try to meet at the fair during the 15th day of the first lunar month (which is the lantern festival). Unfortunately, the occupation was brutal, and the princess was forced to become the mistress of the new commissioner of the territory, Yang Su.
At the Lantern Festival the next year, the husband came to the fair to search for his wife. He carried with him his half of the mirror. As he walked through the fair, he saw the other half of the mirror for sale at a junk market by a servant of the commissioner. The husband recognized his wife's half of the mirror immediately, and tears rolled down his face as he was told by the servant about the bitter and loveless life that the princess had endured.
As his tears dripped onto the mirror, the husband scratched a poem into his wife's half of the mirror:
You left me with the severed mirror,
The mirror has returned, but absent are you,
As I gaze in the mirror, I seek your face,
I see the moon, but as for you, I see not a trace.
The servant brought the inscribed half of the mirror back to the princess. For many days, the princess could not stop crying when she found that her husband was alive and still loved her.
Commissioner Yang Su, becoming aware of this saga, realized that he could never obtain the princess's love. He sent for the husband and allowed them to reunite.
This proverb, 破鏡重圓, is now used to describe a couple who has been torn apart for some reason (usually divorce) but have come back together (or remarried).
It seems to be more common these days in America for divorced couples to reconcile and get married to each other again. This will be a great gift if you know someone who is about to remarry their ex.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your trace search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
影 see styles |
yǐng ying3 ying kage かげ |
More info & calligraphy: Shadow(1) shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; (2) reflection; image; (3) ominous sign; (4) light (stars, moon); (5) trace; shadow (of one's former self); (surname) Kage Shadow, picture, image, reflection, hint; one of the twelve 'colours'. |
ハリス see styles |
parisu パリス |
More info & calligraphy: Harys |
俤 see styles |
dì di4 ti tei / te てい |
variant of 弟[di4] face; looks; vestiges; trace; (personal name) Tei |
印 see styles |
yìn yin4 yin in いん |
to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image (1) stamp; seal; chop; (2) seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print; (3) {Buddh} mudra (symbolic hand gesture); (4) ninja hand sign; (5) (abbreviation) (See 印度・インド) India; (surname) In mudrā; seal, sign, symbol, emblem, proof, assurance, approve; also 印契; 契印; 印相. Manual signs indicative of various ideas, e. g. each finger represents one of the five primary elements, earth, water, fire, air, and space, beginning with the little finger; the left hand represents 定 stillness, or meditation, the right hand 慧 discernment or wisdom; they have also many other indications. Also, the various symbols of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, e. g. the thunderbolt; cf. 因.; (度) The five Indias, or five regions of India, idem 五天竺 q. v. |
址 see styles |
zhǐ zhi3 chih ato あと |
(bound form) site; location (1) trace; tracks; mark; sign; (2) site; remains; ruins; (3) scar |
描 see styles |
miáo miao2 miao |
to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up |
溯 see styles |
sù su4 su |
to go upstream; to trace the source |
痕 see styles |
hén hen2 hen kon こん |
scar; traces (suffix) scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks) |
紋 纹 see styles |
wén wen2 wen mon もん |
line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc) (family) crest; coat of arms; (female given name) Mon |
絲 丝 see styles |
sī si1 ssu ito いと |
More info & calligraphy: Silk(surname, female given name) Ito |
跡 迹 see styles |
jì ji4 chi seki せき |
footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication; Taiwan pr. [ji1] {math} trace; (personal name) Sumihiro traces |
蹤 踪 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung ato |
(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks tracks |
迹 see styles |
jì ji4 chi shaku あと |
variant of 跡|迹[ji4] (1) trace; tracks; mark; sign; (2) site; remains; ruins; (3) scar Traces, footsteps; external evidences or indications. |
一片 see styles |
yī piàn yi1 pian4 i p`ien i pien ippen いっぺん |
(1) a piece; a scrap; a fragment; a bit; (2) iota; modicum; trace; scrap; the slightest bit (of); (personal name) Kazuhira a piece of |
事跡 事迹 see styles |
shì jì shi4 ji4 shih chi jiseki じせき |
deed; past achievement; important event of the past evidence; trace; vestige |
事蹟 see styles |
shì jī shi4 ji1 shih chi jishaku じせき |
evidence; trace; vestige details of activities |
事迹 see styles |
shì jī shi4 ji1 shih chi jishaku じせき |
evidence; trace; vestige Traces of the deeds or life of an individual; biography. |
人影 see styles |
rén yǐng ren2 ying3 jen ying hitokage ひとかげ jinei / jine じんえい |
the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) (1) figure of a person; figures of people; (2) shadow of a person |
佛跡 佛迹 see styles |
fó jī fo2 ji1 fo chi busseki |
佛迹 Buddha's relic; any trace of Buddha, e.g. the imprint of his foot in stone before he entered nirvana. |
写す see styles |
utsusu うつす |
(transitive verb) (1) to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace; (transitive verb) (2) to describe; (transitive verb) (3) to film; to picture; to photograph |
印す see styles |
shirusu しるす |
(transitive verb) (1) (archaism) to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (2) to show a sign (i.e. an omen) |
印子 see styles |
yìn zi yin4 zi5 yin tzu inko いんこ |
trace; impression (e.g. footprint); abbr. of 印子錢|印子钱[yin4 zi5 qian2], usury (female given name) Inko |
印記 印记 see styles |
yìn jì yin4 ji4 yin chi |
imprint; trace |
向上 see styles |
xiàng shàng xiang4 shang4 hsiang shang koujou / kojo こうじょう |
upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress (n,vs,vi) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress; (surname) Mukaue To trace backwards, as from the later to the earlier, primary, the earliest or first; upwards. |
向下 see styles |
xiàng xià xiang4 xia4 hsiang hsia mukoushita / mukoshita むこうした |
down; downward (surname) Mukōshita Downwards; to trace downwards, i. e. forwards, 'from root to branches.' |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
形跡 形迹 see styles |
xíng jì xing2 ji4 hsing chi keiseki / keseki けいせき |
manner; bearing; trace; mark; trail; etiquette traces; evidence |
影蹤 影踪 see styles |
yǐng zōng ying3 zong1 ying tsung |
trace; sign |
微物 see styles |
bibutsu びぶつ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) micro evidence; trace elements; small things |
微量 see styles |
wēi liàng wei1 liang4 wei liang biryou / biryo びりょう |
a smidgen; minute; micro-; trace (element) (n,adj-na,adj-no) minuscule amount; extremely small quantity |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Shadow | 影 | kage | yǐng / ying3 / ying | |
Monkey Fist | 猴拳 | hóu quán / hou2 quan2 / hou quan / houquan | hou ch`üan / houchüan / hou chüan | |
Broken Mirror Rejoined | 破鏡重圓 破镜重圆 | pò jìng chóng yuán po4 jing4 chong2 yuan2 po jing chong yuan pojingchongyuan | p`o ching ch`ung yüan pochingchungyüan po ching chung yüan |
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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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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
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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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