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The Year of the Water Ox/Bull
水牛 is Water Ox/Bull in Chinese.
In the Chinese zodiac and sexagenary (60-year) cycle, this combination occurs in years that include 1913, 1973, 2033, and 2093.
In the sexagenary cycle, this year is represented by 癸丑.
See Also: Ox/Bull
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your water ox search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
癸丑 see styles |
guǐ chǒu gui3 chou3 kuei ch`ou kuei chou mizunotoushi; kichuu / mizunotoshi; kichu みずのとうし; きちゅう |
fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033 (See 干支・1) Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033) |
牛不喝水強按頭 牛不喝水强按头 see styles |
niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu niu2 bu4 he1 shui3 qiang3 an4 tou2 niu pu ho shui ch`iang an t`ou niu pu ho shui chiang an tou |
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom); fig. to try to impose one's will on sb |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Water Ox/Bull | 水牛 | shuǐ niú / shui3 niu2 / shui niu / shuiniu | ||
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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.
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