This article shares with you 4 Chinese idioms about the sweetest thing I believe in life: LOVE. Most people have their first tattoo to show to the world how much love means to them. The majority of them would have their lover’s name on their body. Are you the one among them? If you are, please don’t miss the following stuff. After you have read this article, I believe you will be provided with a brand new perspective of what other great stuff you can have on your body to tell the whole world that love means everything to you. So here they are.
No 1. Bi Yi Shuang Fei, fly wing to wing
Bi Yi Shuang Fei literally means “fly wing to wing”. It is used to describe deeply beloved couples that move on with life. Bi Yi means “wing to wing”, and it’s most well-known in the classic romantic verse of Chinese poetry “Zai Tian Yuan Zuo Bi Yi Nian, Zai Di Yuan Wei Lian Li Zhi”. ( On high, we’d be two love birds flying wing to wing. On earth, two trees with branches twined from spring to spring. )
Personally I believe this is the best verse ever to celebrate the eternity of love. What I also firmly believe is that nearly any Chinese would associate Bi Yi Shuang Fei with that classic verse, and by doing this have a strong feeling of sweetness.
Have you already found the one that you just want to spend the rest of your life with? If you have, Bi Yi Shuang Fei would definitely be a lovely tattoo to have on you as well as your lover.
No 2. Hai Ku Shi Lan, when all seas are drained and all rocks are decayed
Hai Ku Shi Lan literally means “when all seas are drained and all rocks are decayed”. People use it to show an unusually strong will, which often suggests an ever lasting love. It’s like “I will love you no matter what the circumstances are”. Can you sense how much love in it when one says it wholeheartedly? For Chinese people, this type of expression has much more power than “I will always love you”.
Another famous and romantic saying of such kind of expression would be “Shan Wu Leng, Jiang Shui Wei Jie, Dong Lei Zheng Zheng, Xia Yu Xue, Tian Di He, Nai Gan Yu Jun Jue ( I shall part with you only when the mountains disappear, when the seas are drained, when it thunders in winters, and when it snows in summer )”.
I hope now you may get the way tChinese people express love. We tend not just spit it out directly, but in a subtle and tender way, which I think is the sweetest thing during an romantic relationship.
No 3. Shan Meng Hai Shi, promises of mountains and vows of seas
Shan Meng Hai Shi literally means “promises of mountains and vows of seas”.This is just another example of comparing nature to the eternity of love. Shan Meng Hai Shi suggests that the vows between lovers would endure as long as the mountains and seas. We can somehow infer from this saying that Chinese people tend to have some twists and turns when trying to say “forever”. Well, if that’s the way you prefer love to be expressed, you probably would also be willing to have Shan Meng Hai Shi inked on you.
No 4. Tian Chang Di Jiu, to last as long as the universe
Tian Chang Di Jiu are most frequently used in wedding ceremonies by guests to wish for a lifelong happiness to the bride and the groom. Literally it means “to last as long as the universe”. You may feel somewhat strange by this kind of expression, but it’s quite common for Chinese people. Personally I have never attended a wedding ceremony in which guests propose a toast without uttering “Tian Chang Di Jiu”, which I think has practically become an unsaid custom.
I strongly recommend this one if you have just got married because Tian Chang Di Jiu usually serves as a blessing on weddings to Chinese. With this one as a tattoo, it seems as if you were blessed by us all. Just imagine how sweet this would be!
Fanyun Ding is a Chinese tattoo enthusiast. Visit Chinese Tattoo Secrets to reveal the secrets of a unique and smart Chinese character tattoo.
Author: Fanyun Ding
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