New Members TK1233 Posted December 5, 2012 at 02:34 AM New Members Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 02:34 AM In English it is 'the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'. Can anybody give me the definitive Chinese translation. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted December 5, 2012 at 02:57 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 02:57 AM 千里之行始于足下 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:27 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:27 AM In Orthodox Chinese: 千里之行，始於足下。 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:37 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:37 AM Beware of claiming to be orthodox. Hofmann might tell you otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:41 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 03:41 AM The term is more acceptable to me but I don't mind others using "Traditional Chinese".Thanks for the note anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members TK1233 Posted December 5, 2012 at 04:13 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 04:13 AM Thankyou very much for the help. One last question, I want to write this vertically do I start with the left character at the top like you would in English or the right character at the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted December 5, 2012 at 09:00 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 at 09:00 AM Start from the left (if you want it as a tattoo please make sure the artist knows what he is doing) like this - 千 里 之 行 (comma is optional) 始 於 足 下 Or in two columns, like this - 始 千 於 里 足 之 下 行 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurese Posted December 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM To round off the excellent work from the members here, I had a quick check through my list of Chinese language tools websites, which let me create the following... Chinese wisdom which you can hang on the wall...: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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