CinyHKI Posted April 1, 2010 at 10:28 PM Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 at 10:28 PM Hi everyone, I'd love to get some help translating a sentence! I have studied chinese for 1 year, so I don't trust my own skills yet. I want to paint a nice chinese saying or proverb to my wall. Something that looks nice and also reminds me everyday about its meaning. And as i see it everyday, i do not want any mistakes. Here's the options I have thought of: 1) Flowing past in an endless stream. 2) Be wise be happy 3) A day is eternity's seed 4) You're not a tree (from the saying "If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree." ) So, I need to get one of those in simplified characters. Im not asking to translate all of those, if you can write one, someone else may want to do an another... Thank you SO much if you can help me! -Ciny X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted April 4, 2010 at 05:05 AM Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 at 05:05 AM ill try (2)&(4) 2.乐天知命 4.人挪活 树挪死 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qrineal Posted April 4, 2010 at 05:11 AM Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 at 05:11 AM HI,i prefer the first one. Flowing past in an endless stream 川流不息 have a good day！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginabreze Posted April 4, 2010 at 03:36 PM Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 at 03:36 PM does any one knw what the attached characters mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trien27 Posted April 4, 2010 at 04:11 PM Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 at 04:11 PM 囍禄福 囍 = "double happiness" [used for weddings: double happiness = passing the civil examinations of ancient China & getting married, but later the civil examinations were abolished, so now this is only used for weddings.] 禄 = salary; income 福 = luck; blessings, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinyHKI Posted April 11, 2010 at 09:12 AM Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 at 09:12 AM Thanks Qrineal and Cricket for your replys! I will still keep considering my final decision. If there's alternative ways of writing any of those sentences, let me know ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinyHKI Posted April 11, 2010 at 09:42 AM Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 at 09:42 AM What if I use this translation for 'Be wise be happy' ? Is it good? 快乐是明智之举 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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