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Young, dumb and broke! I got this tattoo many years ago. I’m wondering if translation is correct and if it makes sense as it is written? Thanks 

 

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长子 'eldest son'

Is that what you meant? The calligraphy is pretty decent. Personally I think traditional characters usually look nicer (長子), but these are fine too. All in all, you could have done a lot worse.

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Hello and welcome to the forum.

 

I think it means Eldest son

长子

 

It is pronounced zhǎngzǐ

 

Is this what you thought it meant?

 

Hope it is of help.

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Thank you. Yes, I got this after the birth of my son. I couldn’t really afford to spend much on a tattoo at the time, so this is what I opted for to keep it simple and cheap. I did research on it but I didn’t really consider if it made sense or if it may have additional meaning. Thanks Lu and Shelley for your replies.

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It means eldest son but I feel like a tattoo of it on you implies that you are the eldest son.

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13 hours ago, 陳德聰 said:

It means eldest son but I feel like a tattoo of it on you implies that you are the eldest son.

I felt the same way. Although I think I would also feel that if someone had a tattoo in English saying Eldest son.

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