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西施 is the Chinese title for Xishi, who lived around 450 BC. She was a famous Chinese beauty, perhaps the foremost of the Four Beauties (四大美女). She was given by King Gou Jian of the Yue Kingdom as a concubine to the King of Wu. This was part of an elaborate plan to destroy the Wu Kingdom - and it worked.
Note: In Japanese, this can be an unrelated given name, Seishi. Though the Xishi story is somewhat known in Japan.
姻緣紅線 is the legendary red string of destiny that binds all soul mates or lovers together.
In ancient Chinese culture, a mythological matchmaker named 月老 (Yuè Lǎo) was the controller of the fate that led lovers to meet. He did this by tying a celestial red string to the ankle of each person. Sometime during their life, they will meet and marry as fate dictates.
While the origin of the red string comes from China, it has spread to other parts of Asia (such as Japan, where it's known as 赤い糸).
The most famous tattoo in Chinese history
盡忠報國 is a proverb that is the tattoo worn on the back of Yue Fei, a famous Chinese warrior who lived until 1142 A.D.
The tattoo can be translated as “Serve the country with the utmost loyalty.” More literally, it means “[The] Ultimate Loyalty [is too] Duty [of] Country.”
Legend has it that this tattoo once saved his life when he was accused of treason.
The first two characters have come to create a word that means “serve the country faithfully” or “die for the country.” Note: It's more a willingness to die for one's country than the actual act of dying.
The last two characters have come to mean “Dedicate oneself to the service of one's country.”
Both of these words are probably only in the Chinese lexicon because of this famous tattoo.
If you break it down, character-by-character, here is what you get:
1. To the utmost, to the limit of something, the ultimate.
2. Loyalty or duty (a sense of duty to one's master, lord, country, or job).
3. Report, recompense, give back to (in this case, you are giving yourself to your country as payback).
4. Country, state, nation, kingdom.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your and yue search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
岳飛 岳飞 see styles |
yuè fēi yue4 fei1 yüeh fei gakuhi がくひ |
More info & calligraphy: Yue Fei(personal name) Gakuhi |
呉越 see styles |
goetsu ごえつ |
(hist) (See 呉・4,越・1) Wu and Yue (two rival states in ancient China); (personal name) Goetsu |
文種 文种 see styles |
wén zhǒng wen2 zhong3 wen chung fumitane ふみたね |
Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period (personal name) Fumitane |
沈約 沈约 see styles |
shěn yuē shen3 yue1 shen yüeh Jinyaku |
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 Shen Yue |
范蠡 see styles |
fàn lǐ fan4 li3 fan li hanrei / hanre はんれい |
Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist (personal name) Hanrei |
趙曄 赵晔 see styles |
zhào yè zhao4 ye4 chao yeh |
Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋 |
台山話 台山话 see styles |
tái shān huà tai2 shan1 hua4 t`ai shan hua tai shan hua |
Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group 粵語|粤语[Yue4 yu3] spoken in Jiangmen 江門|江门[Jiang1 men2] and in the Chinatowns of North America |
浣紗記 浣纱记 see styles |
huàn shā jì huan4 sha1 ji4 huan sha chi |
Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject |
吳越同舟 吴越同舟 see styles |
wú yuè tóng zhōu wu2 yue4 tong2 zhou1 wu yüeh t`ung chou wu yüeh tung chou |
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals; to collaborate towards a common end; in the same boat together |
吳越春秋 吴越春秋 see styles |
wú yuè chūn qiū wu2 yue4 chun1 qiu1 wu yüeh ch`un ch`iu wu yüeh chun chiu |
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls |
春秋五霸 see styles |
chūn qiū wǔ bà chun1 qiu1 wu3 ba4 ch`un ch`iu wu pa chun chiu wu pa |
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4] |
臥薪嘗膽 卧薪尝胆 see styles |
wò xīn cháng dǎn wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3 wo hsin ch`ang tan wo hsin chang tan |
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge |
說岳全傳 说岳全传 see styles |
shuō yuè quán zhuàn shuo1 yue4 quan2 zhuan4 shuo yüeh ch`üan chuan shuo yüeh chüan chuan |
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1] |
遊戲神通 遊戏神通 see styles |
yóu xì shén tōng you2 xi4 shen2 tong1 yu hsi shen t`ung yu hsi shen tung yue jindū |
The supernatural powers in which Buddhas and bodhisattvas indulge, or take their pleasure. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Yue Fei | 岳飛 岳飞 | gakuhi | yuè fēi / yue4 fei1 / yue fei / yuefei | yüeh fei / yüehfei |
The Eagle Claw School | 鷹爪派 鹰爪派 | yīng zhuǎ pài ying1 zhua3 pai4 ying zhua pai yingzhuapai | ying chua p`ai yingchuapai ying chua pai |
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Xishi Xi Shi | 西施 | sei shi / seishi | xī shī / xi1 shi1 / xi shi / xishi | hsi shih / hsishih |
The Red Thread of Fate | 姻緣紅線 姻缘红线 | yīn yuán hóng xiàn yin1 yuan2 hong2 xian4 yin yuan hong xian yinyuanhongxian | yin yüan hung hsien yinyüanhunghsien |
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Ultimate Loyalty to Your Country | 盡忠報國 尽忠报国 | jìn zhōng bào guó jin4 zhong1 bao4 guo2 jin zhong bao guo jinzhongbaoguo | chin chung pao kuo chinchungpaokuo |
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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. |
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