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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on May 31, 2023, 06:14:37 PM
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...meaning. For all we know, your kanji tramp stamp could really mean slut or whore or whatever that you didn't know in the first place... ??? ;D:
People Who Speak Chinese And Japanese Are Sharing The Dumbest Things They've Seen Tattooed On People
We've all heard of people who've gotten regrettable tattoos — whether they weren't sober while getting tatted or didn't do enough research beforehand. And, it's especially common for people to walk around with tattoos of Chinese and Japanese characters and absolutely no idea that they say something entirely different than they think.
So u/TheCorruptedBit asked people who speak Chinese and Japanese, "What's the dumbest thing you've seen tattooed on someone?" And let me tell you, people did not hold back, and it's frickin' hilarious. So without further ado, here are their answers below:
1."My buddy has 'illiterate foreigner' in traditional Chinese characters. It's dope."
person tattooing
—u/paostmo
2."I can read Chinese, and I met a guy who wanted to get a tattoo that said, 'Hope.' I guess they looked it up in the dictionary and tattooed the first two characters after 'hope,' which were '名子' — which says, 'noun.'"
3."'Tiny chicken.' My friend got that thinking it said his name."
4."I have my Chinese zodiac in Chinese letters on my arm. I worked with a guy who was from China and spoke almost no English. When he saw it, his eyes lit up. He then pointed at my arm and said, 'Ha, ha, ha! Cock!'"..."...I'm the year of the rooster."
5."He thought it said, 'Love my grandson.' It actually translated to something like, 'I love fat boys.'"
"I think it was a Google Translate failure of epic proportions."
6."I saw a girl with '魚' tattooed on her shoulder. She swore up and down it means 'poison.' It means fish."
—u/[deleted]
7."Chinese speaker here. In high school, I worked at a CVS. One day, a white woman showed up at the register with a very poorly drawn '力' tattoo. I said to her, 'Cool tattoo, means power.' She scoffed and replied to me like I was Satan himself, 'You obviously don't understand Chinese letters. The tattoo artist told me it means the strength to overcome anything, even breast cancer.' She then rolled her eyes at me and walked away."
entrance to a cvs
—u/cmilkrun
8."Please don't use Google Translate to translate tattoos. I once saw, 'I once am a katana.'"
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Bart Kwan got his tattoo. ;D ;D
https://youtu.be/CXOcxp3aHSM?t=654