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If this tattooed phrase would be translated into English as "character-per-word", it would say "Forever Lost" or "Eternally Lost". Aside from the terrible calligraphy, the phrase is grammatically incorrect when it is read as Chinese.
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ReplyDeleteBoy, that's some nasty calligraphy. They just keep on coming.
Well, the second character is really 恆, so it's actually written not so bad. 失 is the one they've really butchered.
ReplyDeletewow i think that's some of the worst handwriting/calligraphy i've seen on your site in a while. the artist must not have any knowlege of writing chinese at all...
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Gramatically, it is left open. In this incomplete form, it ought to translate to something like "the thing I lost to eternity" (or such). The subject that should be there is missing. What is it this person has lost enternally? Perhaps this is meant as an profound question?
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