Renee1187 Posted July 30, 2013 at 04:48 AM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 04:48 AM Can anyone please tell me what this says??? I have tried to look it up but I haven't had any luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:07 AM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:07 AM The one at the top is 麗 (pronunciation is "li"), meaning beautiful. It might also be a representation of a western name with similar pronunciation. The two characters below are 噩夢 (pronunciation is e'meng), meaning nightmare/ bad dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:12 AM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:12 AM Is it just me, or is the top of the 麗 砳 instead of 丽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 30, 2013 at 01:01 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 01:01 PM I think you are right roddy. Definitely looks like 砳. But I can't work what the whole character is. Le means rocky so may go better with nightmare. Beautiful nightmare is a bit of an odd saying, but there's no accounting for folk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 30, 2013 at 01:03 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 01:03 PM It is 麗. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 30, 2013 at 01:05 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 01:05 PM Man, been doing this for 15 years (yikes) and I still can't read.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 30, 2013 at 02:40 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 02:40 PM Well I am going to stick my neck out, I have been starring at the OP's picture and I am convinced (probably wrongly) but enough that I am prepared to make a fool of myself with the 2 best educated Chinese learners that I know of and say that I think it is 砳. My eyesight is not 20/20 but with a magnifying glass and lots of peering I can't see it as 丽. My humble apologies for disagreeing with you skylee, you have to understand that I would normally defer to your greater knowledge but I just had to put my 2 cents in. If I am wrong then apologies to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee1187 Posted July 30, 2013 at 06:41 PM Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 06:41 PM Well when I went in I asked for Beautiful Nightmare... so if thats what it says I am happy! And Beautiful Nightmare, to me... I did a gothic modeling thing years ago... didnt go anywhere, kinda like a knock off of SG's and Beautiful Nightmare was my name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 30, 2013 at 09:20 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 09:20 PM Well there you go, skylee was right, but I never doubted the meaning, just the top element of the character. So why does it look so much like 砳. I would like to understand. Can any one explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:23 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:23 PM I agree with Shelley that that upper element is 砳, but unless this is some obscure character I've never heard of, I'm inclined to agree with everyone that it's 麗, either a variant or a misspelling. OP, sorry to tell you but it doesn't say 'beautiful nightmare'. The meaning is closer to 'beauty nightmare', without any connection made between the two terms. Best check such things with a native speaker before tattooing, don't just pick two characters from the tattooist's book and hope that Chinese has the same grammar as English (it doesn't). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:53 PM Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 at 10:53 PM That probably explains it, should have been 麗 but had 砳 on the top which was a mistake. Well you live and learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEye Posted July 31, 2013 at 05:07 AM Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 at 05:07 AM If it's a variant, the scholars behind the MOE Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants haven't listed it, so I seriously doubt it. It's most likely just a screw up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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