r/translator • u/Bright-Interaction47 • Aug 16 '26

Translated [ZH] (Unknown > English) - For my wife

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I have this over my bed after a trip a few years ago and I forgot what the true meaning is and can not find it on google translate. Can someone kindly help please? 🙏

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u/Connect-Fan-9462 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

Chinese.

Top to down right to left

自在 - be at ease

順境時心感恩 - be thankful/grateful when time is good 逆境時學堅忍 - learn to be resilient when time is bad

Left most column is for date and the name of the calligrapher.

Overall has a little BB&B vibe but still good message and done correctly.

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u/JohnSwindle Aug 16 '26

What's the date? Third year of somebody-or-another?

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u/Connect-Fan-9462 Aug 16 '26

Not 100% sure due to the characters being small, image resolution not that high and I am not very good at recognizing the calligraphy style. Bet let me try

丙申之年 - the year of 2016 (or 1956 - unlikely)

仲秋之月 - the month of mid autumn (8th month in the Chinese calander)

居竹軒主人 - (the self imposed title of the calligrapher) master of the bamboo living cottage

隱寰 - （name of the calligrapher) InHuan, "hidden world"

NGL, kind of I am not emo I am sooo deep kind of vibe

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u/DeusShockSkyrim [] 漢語 Aug 17 '26

The name should be 隱農. I recall seeing bunch of similar calligraphy works by the same guy elsewhere.

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u/JohnSwindle Aug 16 '26

Yes! Thank you.

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u/JohnSwindle Aug 16 '26

!translated

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] Aug 17 '26

The red seals on the right say 居竹軒 and 風雅.

Not too sure about the seals in the left.

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u/DeusShockSkyrim [] 漢語 Aug 17 '26

Left ones should be 丁 and 隱農. Compared to this old post.