what do these tattoos really mean?

[brazz]

My friend and I both have Chinese symbol tattoos, we were wondering what they really mean, this one is hers.

And here is mine

[Carl Chen]

The first one makes sense.

福 means blessing.

 

The second one looks like three words.

冷漠, 感受, and 憐

 

冷漠 means apathy.

感受 means feeling.

憐 means commiseration.

[brazz]

Thank you so much! I'm glad to know they mean pretty much what they were intended to!

[Lu]

I'd translate the first one, 福, as 'happiness'.

[Demonic_Duck]

Second one doesn't make sense. I mean, for one the grammar's wrong, but moreover I have no idea what it's trying to say.

 

First one is fine. The concept of “福” doesn't really have a direct translation in English, but good fortune, blessedness and happiness are all part of it. I guess the four leaf clover kinda makes sense, if you ignore the fact that four leaf clovers have no superstitious significance in Chinese culture, and if they did it'd probably be the opposite, as the number four is considered unlucky.

[Silent]

 

I'd translate the first one, 福, as 'happiness'.

I'ld translate it as 'luck' or 'fortune' which of course is pretty much the same as the 'blessing' Carl mentions but, at least for me, without the christian/religious connotation attached to 'blessing'. I guess however that they're all perfectly fine translations.