Pascal Ma Posted February 23, 2010 at 10:26 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 at 10:26 PM 大家好 A friend asked me to (try to) translate this wall hanging inscription. It is of course calligraphed, but not too much so I could recognose some characters. Now I managed to identifythe big hanzi on top as 缘 And I also recognised 天 言 and 合 However I am unable to find in a dictionary the last one on the bottom-right, and tho whole left column. The one on the bottom right I tought the radical might be 人 but can't find anything that looks like that under 人 Can someone identify those characters? 谢谢你们 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM It is 天作之合 and 丁亥年. 丁亥年 probably means 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Ma Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:50 PM Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:50 PM Wow thank you skylee, that was fast!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trien27 Posted February 24, 2010 at 05:55 AM Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 at 05:55 AM (edited) 丁亥年 probably means 2007. The most recent 丁亥年 = 2007, but 丁亥年 = every 60 years before or after 2007. If it wasn't written recently then it could be 1947 or older? like I said above. Still can't see the calligrapher's "signature", otherwise, we could get the exact year. Edited February 24, 2010 at 05:58 AM by trien27 grammar error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted February 25, 2010 at 07:06 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 at 07:06 AM Nobody would write 作 like that in 1947 or earlier. This was written in 2007, as character proficiency has declined to a low point in the last 50 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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