New Members thelittlelim Posted August 5, 2011 at 09:05 PM New Members Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 at 09:05 PM I would like to know what this translates to in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 6, 2011 at 04:24 AM Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 at 04:24 AM From top to bottom: 布 - material/cloth 兰 - orchid 丁 - 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems (basically the equivalent of D, if you had 4 things and you were going to number them A, B, C, D). Put together it will sound like Bulanding, so I'm guessing it's meant to be a name, maybe Brandon or Brendan, however the person doing it didn't realise that Chinese doesn't work like that. It's like he's taken 3 completely unrelated words e.g. bra, ran, and done, and then put them together on top of each other like: bra ran done to make something that sort of approximates the pronunciation of the name Brandon, but doesn't really quite have the right pronunciation, and has a completely different meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members thelittlelim Posted August 6, 2011 at 04:37 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 at 04:37 AM This is really helpful, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 6, 2011 at 04:59 AM Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 at 04:59 AM So not your tattoo then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members thelittlelim Posted August 6, 2011 at 05:50 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 at 05:50 PM Haha, you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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