Another nonsense tattoo?

[skunkpuppy]

I'm guessing it's nonsense. Do the characters even exist?

Anyway, eye candy for the ladies.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5120/commando2wh.jpg

[wrwills]

The characters themselves exist I think, though I think there's a stroke too many on the top character. My guess would be that they are

夫心伐大

The phrase itself does seem to be nonsense, but if the 伐 lost a stroke to become 代 then it might conceivably have something to do with this line from chapter 74 of the 道德经:

夫 代 司 殺 者 殺 ， 是 謂 代 大 匠 斲

(To take on the Grim Reaper's work in killing is like trying to take on a master carpenter's work in cutting wood.)

How do you say "six pack" and "iliac crest" in Chinese?

[L-F-J]

失心找头 shi1 xin1 zhao3 tou2

[Lu]

Is it a 找? It looks like a 伐.

The 心 is mirrored.

[L-F-J]

I don't know. Just giving another suggestion.

Instead of 失心找头 it's most likely 夫心伐大/头.

心 is mirrored so it's dumb anyway.

[Apple]

Someone put the stencil on backwards, it seems.Looks like the first two characters are mirrored 決心 (simplified version is 决心) jue2 xin1. Those first two mean determination/resolution. I think the last one might be backwards too: 夭 yao1. Not sure.

[L-F-J]

Wow, you're smart. Too bad the tattoo artist isn't, nor is the guy who let that be put on him. It is a backward 决心.

I can't wait 'till I see a westerner with a shirt that says: 非懂汉字但穿汉字衣之人笨也

[Lu]

LOL, that's brilliant! You should make that shirt and sell it, you'll make money and we'll have a good laugh when we actually see it.

[self-taught-mba]

No doubt one more example about why you need to check into it before you get a tatoo.

"eye candy" no doubt I can see the female members on this forum having to examine the authenticity of the Chinese characters

Meanwhile, somewhere a teenage girl is staring at this thing when her mom walks in and the girl says, "But Mom, I'm just trying to learn Chinese".LOL

[Quest]

Is that his name?