Thursday, May 25, 2006

Lucky Dog Dead Drunk

I do not know whether if the rotated placement of these characters were intentional or not, but the four characters 狗吉死醉 are loosely translated as “lucky, dog, dead, drunk”.


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60515/high/bmegl269263.jpg

I should also mention that the character 酔 in the tattoo is a Japanese simplified kanji from 醉.

The illustrations of moon, sun, star, and cloud reminded me of the music video of Smashing Pumpkin’s song – Tonight, Tonight.


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7 comments:

  1. RikoshiMay 25, 2006 at 2:09 PM

    I take it that 吉狗死酔 isn't a set phrase in Chinese, huh?

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  2. GlennMay 25, 2006 at 4:01 PM

    It does look like the rotation of the characters is intentional, or at the very least makes some sense.

    The combination, however, does not.

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  3. Gaijin BikerMay 25, 2006 at 5:01 PM

    I love that song (and video).

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  4. cowfishMay 27, 2006 at 4:53 AM

    not even in the same font. oh dear.

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  5. AnonymousMay 27, 2006 at 1:53 PM

    The way the characters are written are not even consistent. Look how thick the strokes of the top character are in comparison to the others.

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  6. ThunderMay 28, 2006 at 5:59 AM

    What masculine-looking drawings!

    They look constipated, if you ask me.

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  7. Warrior TwoJuly 17, 2007 at 10:55 PM

    As a former film school student and pointer-outer of cultural references, the Smashing Pumpkins video was based on the silent film A Trip to the Moon.

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