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The name Happens in Chinese / Japanese...

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Everything Happens for a Reason

 wàn shì jiē yīn guǒ
Everything Happens for a Reason Scroll

萬事皆因果 means “Everything happens for a reason” in Chinese.

The first two characters mean “all things” or “everything.”

The middle character kind of means “in all cases.”

The last two characters create a complex word that can be defined in many ways, such as “karma,” “cause and effect,” “fate,” and “every cause has its effect, as every effect arises from a cause.”

Keep in mind that Chinese grammar is a bit different than English, so trust me that this makes a natural-sounding proverb in Chinese.

Everything Happens for a Reason

 monogoto ha subete riyuu ga at te okiru
Everything Happens for a Reason Scroll

物事は全て理由があって起きる means everything happens for a reason.

However, this is a work in progress. We're still trying to decide the best way to express this in Japanese. If you order this, we might have a discussion about the best version that fits you. Here's how the characters break down by meaning (keep in mind, Japanese grammar and sentence construction is very different from English, so it doesn't make complete sense in English)...

物事 = things, everything
は particle
全て all, the whole, entirely
理由 reason
が particle
あっ be, exist, have, take place, happens
て particle
起きる to occur, to happen; to take place (usually unfavorable incidents)


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

One who walks by the river may end up with wet feet

 cháng zài hé biān zǒu nǎ néng bù shī xié
One who walks by the river may end up with wet feet Scroll

常在河邊走哪能不濕鞋 is an old Chinese proverb that is sometimes compared to the English saying “Shit Happens.”

It's a reflection that there are risks in life, and you should not be surprised when things don't go your way.

A secondary translation might be, “When walking by a river, often one cannot avoid wet shoes.”

Shit Happens

 shì shì nán liào
Shit Happens Scroll

世事難料 is a polite Chinese version of “shit happens.” This phrase suggests that things happen (for no reason, and for which we have no control).

The first two characters mean the affairs of life, things of the world, worldly affairs, or ways of the world.

The third character means disaster, distress, problem, difficulty, difficult, hardships, troubles, or defect.

The last character in this context means: to expect, to anticipate, or to guess.

If you put this back together, you have something like, “In life, troubles [should be] expected.”


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your happens search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
qiǎo
    qiao3
ch`iao
    chiao
 kou / ko
    こう
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness; (personal name) Takumu
Skilful, clever.

お印

see styles
 oshirushi
    おしるし
(1) (kana only) (See 破水) show (blood-stained mucus discharge that happens towards the end of pregnancy); bloody show; (2) signature mark (crest) used by members of the imperial family to mark their belongings; (3) (polite language) (See 印・1) mark; sign

一旦

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yī dàn
    yi1 dan4
i tan
 ittan
    いったん
in case (something happens); if; once (something happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
(adverb) (1) (kana only) once; (adverb) (2) (kana only) for a short time; briefly; temporarily; (3) (archaism) one morning; (place-name) Ittan
once (something should happen...)

便人

see styles
biàn rén
    bian4 ren2
pien jen
sb who happens to be on hand for an errand

回數


回数

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huí shù
    hui2 shu4
hui shu
number of times (something happens); number of chapters in a classical novel; (math.) palindromic number
See: 回数

場面


场面

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chǎng miàn
    chang3 mian4
ch`ang mien
    chang mien
 bamen
    ばめん
scene; spectacle; occasion; situation
(1) scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case; (2) scene (in a movie, play); shot; (3) state of the market

度に

see styles
 tabini(p); tanbini
    たびに(P); たんびに
(adverb) (kana only) each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

未然

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wèi rán
    wei4 ran2
wei jan
 mizen
    みぜん
in advance; before it happens (cf preventative measures); forestalling
before it happens; previously
not yet so; not yet occurred

正好

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zhèng hǎo
    zheng4 hao3
cheng hao
 masayoshi
    まさよし
just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
(s,m) Masayoshi

眼看

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yǎn kàn
    yan3 kan4
yen k`an
    yen kan
soon; in a moment; to look on as something happens

適值


适值

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shì zhí
    shi4 zhi2
shih chih
just at that time; as it happens; by good luck, just then

様みろ

see styles
 zamamiro
    ざまみろ
(expression) (kana only) serves you right!; see what happens!

様見ろ

see styles
 zamamiro
    ざまみろ
(expression) (kana only) serves you right!; see what happens!

あるある

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 aruaru
    あるある
(interjection) (1) (colloquialism) I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; same here; me too; (2) (colloquialism) something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story; common occurrence; trope; cliché

いざ鎌倉

see styles
 izakamakura
    いざかまくら
case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

ざま見ろ

see styles
 zamamiro
    ざまみろ
(expression) (kana only) serves you right!; see what happens!

その都度

see styles
 sonotsudo
    そのつど
(expression) each time it happens; at all such times

としたら

see styles
 toshitara
    としたら
(conjunction) if it happens that; if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...; what if ...?

一反往常

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yī fǎn wǎng cháng
    yi1 fan3 wang3 chang2
i fan wang ch`ang
    i fan wang chang
(idiom) contrary to what usually happens

事がない

see styles
 kotoganai
    ことがない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when

事が無い

see styles
 kotoganai
    ことがない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when

事はない

see styles
 kotohanai
    ことはない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) there is no need to ...; (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when

事は無い

see styles
 kotohanai
    ことはない
(exp,adj-i) (1) (kana only) there is no need to ...; (2) (kana only) never happens; there is never a time when

偶然にも

see styles
 guuzennimo / guzennimo
    ぐうぜんにも
(adverb) by chance; coincidentally; as it happens

当たり日

see styles
 ataribi
    あたりび
day that something happens; day that one happens across something

得てして

see styles
 eteshite
    えてして
(adverb) often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

有る無し

see styles
 arunashi
    あるなし
(expression) (kana only) (usu. ...のあるなし) presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

様を見ろ

see styles
 zamaomiro
    ざまをみろ
(expression) serves you right!; see what happens!

這樣一來


这样一来

see styles
zhè yàng yī lái
    zhe4 yang4 yi1 lai2
che yang i lai
thus; if this happens then

逢人便講


逢人便讲

see styles
féng rén biàn jiǎng
    feng2 ren2 bian4 jiang3
feng jen pien chiang
to tell anybody one happens to meet

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Everything Happens for a Reason萬事皆因果
万事皆因果
wàn shì jiē yīn guǒ
wan4 shi4 jie1 yin1 guo3
wan shi jie yin guo
wanshijieyinguo
wan shih chieh yin kuo
wanshihchiehyinkuo
Everything Happens for a Reason物事は全て理由があって起きるmonogoto ha subete riyuu ga at te okiru
monogoto ha subete riyu ga at te okiru
One who walks by the river may end up with wet feet常在河邊走哪能不濕鞋
常在河边走哪能不湿鞋
cháng zài hé biān zǒu nǎ néng bù shī xié
chang2 zai4 he2 bian1 zou3 na3 neng2 bu4 shi1 xie2
chang zai he bian zou na neng bu shi xie
ch`ang tsai ho pien tsou na neng pu shih hsieh
chang tsai ho pien tsou na neng pu shih hsieh
Shit Happens世事難料
世事难料
shì shì nán liào
shi4 shi4 nan2 liao4
shi shi nan liao
shishinanliao
shih shih nan liao
shihshihnanliao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


Dictionary

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


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