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Makes you wonder how many westerners with aesthetically beautiful Chinese characters tattooed on the napes of their necks actually know for sure what they mean.

AND, those tattooes are permanent!! :blink:

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Makes you wonder how many westerners with aesthetically beautiful Chinese characters tattooed on the napes of their necks actually know for sure what they mean.

AND, those tattooes are permanent!! :blink:

Not with modern laser removal. But your point is well taken.

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Actually I have two chinese rice papers in frames in my dining room, I recently discovered that are something like 'good luck and wealthy and long life...to the host...the house...the guest, etc.' Before knowing it I speculated with my wife about the meaning, it was more fun then 'good luck to the house'.

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I'm still having trouble understanding how this would happen to be in their possession unless someone made a recent trip and had it thrust into their hands. But this "German sinologist," does he actually read Chinese -- or is he just a faker that being caught out now? I mean it doesn't sound like there was anything subtle that only was apparent as a hidden meaning that only a native speaker would know.

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