translation from wooden pole

[Edward.dhuyvetter]

Hello, can anyone translate this and type the characters shown in the attachment?

Spreuk.bmp

sincerely,

Edward

[马盖云]

Surprised no one else has replied, seems simple enough.

From top to bottom: lao po da ren

lao means 'old', po also has a meaning of 'old woman', but together laopo means "wife"

da means 'big', ren means 'person', together, daren means "adult".

So not sure the context, but there it is.

[renzhe]

大人 is also the old-fashioned way to address a court official, and can be translated as "your excellency".

No idea what it means in this context, though.

[马盖云]

Ah, google lights up with responses, many linking to this cantonese TV show: <<Just Love>> about a woman judge...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Love

without context (what is this wooden pole? a piece of furniture in a courtroom, someone's bedpost?, etc :rolleyes: ) it's hard to know!

[Edward.dhuyvetter]

it is a pole that was used for kung fu training by Ip man, i got it from the film, and in film, that idiom (on the front of this pole) was not translated.

[Edward.dhuyvetter]

thank you,

context was a pole for kung fu training used by ip man (also used by bruce lee). Text was on it.

[ma3zi1]

Hello, can anyone translate this and type the characters shown in the attachment?

老婆大人