Chinese character question

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  • grafician1

    Unrelated, but was with a friend having some Chinese symbols tattooed, next to us in the tattoo saloon an actual Chinese guy...

    So as my guy was having his Chinese letters tattoo done, the Chinese guy asks "I see you're getting some Chinese letters tattooed, do you know what they mean?" and he replies "Yes ofc" and continue to tell the Chinese guy what they mean and he says "Ah cool, yes, as most people don't know what their Chinese tattoo mean"

    Then we look and see the Chinese guy was getting a big American bald eagle tattooed on him, so we ask "Soooo...you know what this eagle you're getting represents?"

    He replies: "Yes ofc I know, it means freedom"

    • it's stories like this that make me miss being out with other folks talking it up. +1capn_ron
    • https://i.imgur.com/…Gnash
    • Yeah, but you're comparing the meaning of the meaning of an image vs. the meaning of a letter...maquito
    • That contains an indication of pronunciation as well as an indication of meaning, but is not a consonant nor a vowel... different things.maquito
    • this was about 17 years ago btwgrafician
    • I was like "Oh, ok" back then, but these days, this story hits different, you knowgrafician

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