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恒〔恆〕
héng

NOUNperseverance

有恒
yǒuhéng
persevere

ADJECTIVE
1 permanent; lasting

永恒
yǒnghéng
eternal; perpetual
2 usual; common; constant
See 恒言

 


qiàn

VERB
1 yawn

哈欠
hāqiàn
yawn
2 raise slightly (a part of the body)

欠脚儿
qiàn jiǎor
slightly raise one’s heels

VERB
1 owe; be behind with

欠租
qiànzū
be behind with the rent

我欠他十块钱。
Wǒ qiàn tā shí kuài qián.
I owe him ten yuan.

我还欠图书馆一本书。
Wǒ hái qiàn túshūguǎn yī běn shū.
I still owe the library a book.
2 be not enough; lack; be insufficient

说话欠考虑
Shuōhuà qiàn kǎolǜ
be too free with one’s tongue

文字欠通。
Wénzì qiàn tōng.
The writing is not altogether grammatical. or The wording is somewhat awkward.

欠三天就是一个月了。
Qiàn sān tiān jiù shì yī ge yuè le.
It’s three days short of a month.

你这样做有点儿欠聪明。
Nǐ zhèyàng zuò yǒudiǎnrqiàn cōngming.
You weren’t shrewd enough in your handling of the matter. or It wasn’t very wise of you to have done that.

DIALECTbe fidgety and bungling

嘴欠
zuǐ qiàn
have a loose tongue

他手欠着呢。
Tā shǒu qiàn zhe ne.
He always likes to fiddle with things.

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The tattoo says 恒久 'permanent, everlasting, eternal, perpetual'.

I have reason to believe it's a Japanese tattoo, since the word appears more frequently in Japanese than in Modern Chinese.

For example, in 日本国憲法 or The Constitution of Japan, we have

 日本国民は、恒久の平和を念願し、……

 We, the Japanese people, desire peace for all time . . .

 日本国民期望持久的和平,……

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