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The most famous tattoo in Chinese history
盡忠報國 is a proverb that is the tattoo worn on the back of Yue Fei, a famous Chinese warrior who lived until 1142 A.D.
The tattoo can be translated as “Serve the country with the utmost loyalty.” More literally, it means “[The] Ultimate Loyalty [is too] Duty [of] Country.”
Legend has it that this tattoo once saved his life when he was accused of treason.
The first two characters have come to create a word that means “serve the country faithfully” or “die for the country.” Note: It's more a willingness to die for one's country than the actual act of dying.
The last two characters have come to mean “Dedicate oneself to the service of one's country.”
Both of these words are probably only in the Chinese lexicon because of this famous tattoo.
If you break it down, character-by-character, here is what you get:
1. To the utmost, to the limit of something, the ultimate.
2. Loyalty or duty (a sense of duty to one's master, lord, country, or job).
3. Report, recompense, give back to (in this case, you are giving yourself to your country as payback).
4. Country, state, nation, kingdom.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your yue fei search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
岳飛 岳飞 see styles |
yuè fēi yue4 fei1 yüeh fei gakuhi がくひ |
More info & calligraphy: Yue Fei(personal name) Gakuhi |
秦檜 秦桧 see styles |
qín huì qin2 hui4 ch`in hui chin hui |
Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1] |
說岳全傳 说岳全传 see styles |
shuō yuè quán zhuàn shuo1 yue4 quan2 zhuan4 shuo yüeh ch`üan chuan shuo yüeh chüan chuan |
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1] |
張飛打岳飛 张飞打岳飞 see styles |
zhāng fēi dǎ yuè fēi zhang1 fei1 da3 yue4 fei1 chang fei ta yüeh fei |
lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei; fig. an impossible combination; an impossible turn of events (idiom) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Yue Fei | 岳飛 岳飞 | gakuhi | yuè fēi / yue4 fei1 / yue fei / yuefei | yüeh fei / yüehfei |
The Eagle Claw School | 鷹爪派 鹰爪派 | yīng zhuǎ pài ying1 zhua3 pai4 ying zhua pai yingzhuapai | ying chua p`ai yingchuapai ying chua pai |
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Ultimate Loyalty to Your Country | 盡忠報國 尽忠报国 | jìn zhōng bào guó jin4 zhong1 bao4 guo2 jin zhong bao guo jinzhongbaoguo | chin chung pao kuo chinchungpaokuo |
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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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