I had “Dragon” tattooed on my upper arm as a teenager… Later in life a friend (and fluent Mandarin speaking academic) properly translated it as “War Pig”
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My late Chinese-Indonesian father said NEVER wear anything you can’t read for yourself.
For this EXACT reason.
And this was in the 80’s long before all those tattoos.
(I don’t speak either of those two btw.)
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Whoever gave him the tattoo is based.
I had “Dragon” tattooed on my upper arm as a teenager… Later in life a friend (and fluent Mandarin speaking academic) properly translated it as “War Pig”
My late Chinese-Indonesian father said NEVER wear anything you can’t read for yourself.
For this EXACT reason.
And this was in the 80’s long before all those tattoos.
(I don’t speak either of those two btw.)