Help with these Chinese characters

[Tulevik]

Good afternoon! Can anybody tell me what's the translation of this message I've attached via image?

 

It appears at the end of a certain videogame (concretely, "Shanghai" for the Sega Master System).

 

Thanks in advance! Have a nice day!

 

 

[Thime]

Hi!

天晴 tiān qíng = sunny, sunny day

[Shelley]

I am finding it difficult to see 晴 in the second character. I tried to work out what it might be but gave up because of this character.

 

 

[Tulevik]

15 hours ago, Thime said:

Hi!

天晴 tiān qíng = sunny, sunny day

 

Thank you, Thime! Is that a kind of chinese idiom with a meaning similar to "Well done!" or "Congratulations!"?

 

3 hours ago, Shelley said:

I am finding it difficult to see 晴 in the second character. I tried to work out what it might be but gave up because of this character.

 

I was going to say the same, but maybe it's the right ideogram written with a brush. Maybe other users of the forum could give us their opinion.

 

Thank you both for your response! :D

[Lu]

4 hours ago, Tulevik said:

Is that a kind of chinese idiom with a meaning similar to "Well done!" or "Congratulations!"?

To my knowledge, the meaning is pretty straightforward: sunny day, day with nice weather.

 

Part of what makes the 晴 so hard to read is that the strokes of 日 are not right. Should be 竖折横横, but instead they wrote something like 折点竖, just leaving out the bottom 横 altogether. Perhaps there is a calligraphy style in which this is normal, but to me it looks off.

[889]

Let's also point out that this is one of those character pairs that can be read in either direction, with similar meaning.

 

Useful to keep in mind if you like to construct Chinese palindromes.

 

https://www.chinese-forums.com/forums/topic/14323-do-chinese-palindromes-exist/

 

[Tulevik]

Thank you for your help, all of you were very quickly and helpful! ?

[Thime]

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Thank you, Thime! Is that a kind of chinese idiom with a meaning similar to "Well done!" or "Congratulations!"?

@Tulevik You're welcome. Yes, in my opinion you can consider it that way.

[Publius]

Actually it's a native Japanese word that means 'splendid, brilliant; well done, bravo' and has nothing to do with Chinese.

 

It's pronounced あっぱれ (appare) and is derived from interjection あわれ 'alas'.

 

The kanji 天晴 are merely 当て字, meaning they are borrowed for their sound value rather than meaning: あま + はれ.