New Members mr.rose Posted August 10, 2010 at 05:18 PM New Members Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 at 05:18 PM Translation of this please? Also any real descriptive meaning too. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d23/stipe2141/24364_416034406799_521521799_5234378_903403_n.jpg Much love, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted August 11, 2010 at 12:03 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 at 12:03 PM Hello, My chinese is only at an itermediate stage but I don't think they are chinese characters. Another case of not enough reaserch before permanently deciding:) I may be wrong, but I don't recognise any of them except perhaps one of them which could be the number 8. Good luck:) Shelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivercao Posted August 11, 2010 at 12:21 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 at 12:21 PM They are Japanese. Sorry I can't read Japanese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 11, 2010 at 12:57 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 at 12:57 PM It is Japanese 七転び八起き. Meaning -> http://www.billionquotes.com/index.php/Japanese_proverbs 七転び八起き nanakorobi yaoki Literally: stumbling seven times but recovering eight. Meaning: Life is full of ups and downs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members mr.rose Posted August 11, 2010 at 01:15 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 at 01:15 PM Thank you for your help guys. No its not mine. A friend of mien has it and she wont tell me what it says, i had to do it a sneaky way. I thought it may be Japanese (studied Japanese when i was a child for a year or two in school) but i wasn't sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivercao Posted August 11, 2010 at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 at 01:26 PM 転び=跌倒=to fall 起き=起来=to arise It sounds like an idiom, means whenever I fall, the next moment I'll get up. PS: I see the post by Skylee.This must be the right one, so I was not quite correct. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chhhi Posted August 11, 2010 at 03:32 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 at 03:32 PM It's a Japanese saying (nana korobi hachi oki) meaning "if at first you don't succeed, try try again. Literally meaning "fall down seven times, get up eight" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 12, 2010 at 02:37 AM Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 at 02:37 AM I never remember how to read that thing, yet somehow 十人十色 (jûnin toiro) I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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