"Bitter"

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb147728.jpg

苦 means "bitter", "hardship", or "suffering".

The three exact emotions this guy is going through right now.


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GQ magazine Nov. 2005 Issue

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Etch a Mac

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The Seven Sins

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Anyone who has ever read Dante Alighieri’s La divina commedia or “The Divine Comedy” (It was a required reading when I was in high school, and trust me, it was not an actual “comedy”) or watched the movie “SE7EN” would know about the Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Cardinal Sins.

"Superbia" (高慢, Pride), “Invidia” (嫉妒, Envy), “Ira” (激怒 or 憤怒, Wrath), “Acedia” (怠惰 or 懶惰, Sloth), “Avaritia” (貪欲, Greed), “Gula” (暴食 or 貪食, Gluttony), and “Luxuria” (肉欲, 色欲, 性欲 or 好色, Lust) are Latin names for the Seven Deadly Sins.

欲 is the simplification of 慾.

After viewing the tattoo above, I would like to add “improvidus” and “ignarus” to the Cardinal Sins list.


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Whole-Hearted Devotion

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SNL - Tattoo Removal

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Jujutsu

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The Four Seasons

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"Colorful Rat"

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Upside Down "Beauty"

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"Robert"

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb149567.jpg

This tattoo is the Chinese phonetic translation of the name “Robert”. It is very poorly done. All characters are disproportional and missing strokes.

Although sometimes the clients are the ones bring in ugly or incorrect designs, I can’t imagine any respectable tattooist would display this in his/her portfolio.


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"Where To?"

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Big Mistake

This young man got two Chinese characters tattooed on his bicep and was told they meant "courage". I have posted about the exact same tattoo earlier, when I first saw it in 2003.

The phrase 大過 means “big mistake" or "shortcoming".


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Dragon and Characters

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"Knowledge" Lacking

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51003/high/bmegl144560.jpg

I don't remember if it is "good news travel in pairs" or "bad news travel in pairs", but these two have the exact same mistake in their tattoos.

識 (recognize, understand, knowledge) in both are missing a dot at top right corner.



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French Tattoo Flash Mistakes

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"Body Cavity"

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Cannabis Love

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Excrement

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"Forever Family Reputation"

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"Mountain Bike"

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Firefly's "Electricity Caution" Sign

http://barneygumble742.tripod.com/firefly_xp.htm

Reader Norman emailed me this screen capture. The second character 電 (electricity) of this caution sign in the show Firefly is mirrored. It is also interesting to point out that in the future, spaceships will run on Microsoft Windows and don't lose those device driver disks.

Update: I saw the movie Serenity last night. Although there were some Chinese inconsistencies throughout the movie, overall it was very good. I have to say it was definitely one of the few good Sci-Fi movies that I have enjoyed in long time.