"Bitter"

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51012/high/bmepb147728.jpg

苦 means "bitter", "hardship", or "suffering".

The three exact emotions this guy is going through right now.


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GQ magazine Nov. 2005 Issue

In Nov. 2005 issue of GQ magazine, there is an article called "The Office Dick" by Cecil Donahue. It identifies "The Common Two-Face Slacker" with the characteristics of "odd facial piercings" and "Chinese character tattooed on back of neck".


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Etch a Mac

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The Seven Sins

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Whole-Hearted Devotion

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51022/high/bmepb152472.jpg

誠心誠意 is an old Chinese idiom that meant "in all sincerity", "with one's whole heart", or "whole-hearted devotion".

Ironically, neither the tattooist nor the client has devoted enough effort to make sure the tattoo was done correctly.


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SNL - Tattoo Removal

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Jujutsu

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The Four Seasons

(thanks to Terry for the photos)

Just because you have purchased the latest books on Feng Shui 風水 and watched way too much home make-over shows, it does not mean you have to jump onto the bandwagon. At least please consult someone first.

Twisted “Four Seasons” 春夏秋冬, that is definitely bad Feng Shui.


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"Colorful Rat"

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Upside Down "Beauty"

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"Robert"

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"Where To?"

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Big Mistake

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Dragon and Characters

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"Knowledge" Lacking

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French Tattoo Flash Mistakes

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"Body Cavity"

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Cannabis Love

http://www.tattooflashs.de/_private/chin_kal/thumbs/gallery_china2.htm

The next time you decide to toke up some dope and get a tattoo in Germany or Europe in general, make sure your tattooist did not purchase his flash from one of these vendors shown above.

愛 is upside down and the correct character for cannabis is 蔴 or 麻, not the one shown on their website.


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Excrement

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A51003/high/bmegl144166.jpg

Granted the character was done correctly, but the question still remains:

What is the purpose of having 糞 (excrement; feces) tattooed on one’s leg?

Update: Many readers have commented about this tattoo being fake. That is NOT true. The actual work was done by Danny Fowler of Ancient Art Tattoo in Roanoke, VA.


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"Forever Family Reputation"

The entire phrase 永遠家名誉 was tattooed upside down, plus the character 名 is missing a dot.

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"Mountain Bike"

http://www.oma-sk.tripod.com/Tattoo_-_vaden.jpg

單車 means "bicycle" and 過山單車 means "mountain bike". Perhaps both the client and tattooist had too many concussions resulted from mountain biking accidents.


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Firefly's "Electricity Caution" Sign

http://barneygumble742.tripod.com/firefly_xp.htm

Reader Norman emailed me this screen capture. The second character 電 (electricity) of this caution sign in the show Firefly is mirrored. It is also interesting to point out that in the future, spaceships will run on Microsoft Windows and don't lose those device driver disks.

Update: I saw the movie Serenity last night. Although there were some Chinese inconsistencies throughout the movie, overall it was very good. I have to say it was definitely one of the few good Sci-Fi movies that I have enjoyed in long time.