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41 tattoos that don’t mean what people thought they meant

A mistranslated Chinese or Japanese character as a tattoo is the classic cliche of ink someone ends up regretting. So we’ve ...
The Daily Dot

“More failure”: This teacher is translating bad Chinese tattoos and everyone’s losing it

Westerners have been getting Chinese character tattoos for decades, but not all of them mean what people think. Jessie, a language teacher and creator of the Chinese with Jessie YouTube channel, ...
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How Asian-language tattoos have helped me feel at home in my own skin

Ocean Front Tattoo artist Mikey Ekimoto wears Korean symbols on his ring finger that translate to "Every moment is precious." On his pinkie finger, it reads, "Work hard and sacrifice one's self." ...

“Dear Reader, It Meant ‘Concubine’”: 49 Tattoos That Don’t Mean What People Thought They Meant

Even though “Japanese or Chinese character as a tattoo” has been mocked for decades now, it really doesn’t folks from deciding that it will somehow work for them. Data enthusiasts will already know ...
Los Angeles Times

How Asian-language tattoos have helped me feel at home in my own skin

The Chinese language is difficult, and perhaps no one has struggled more with it than the inkers and bearers of America’s Chinese-character tattoos. Most infamous was probably the tattoo on Britney ...