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Thu 19 Aug, 2004 07:14 am
I have this necklace, I'd like to know what does it means.
I'll see if I can find out.... (welcome to a2k!)
it is a traditional version of 贵
it can mean that something is expensive
oh it can also symbolize that the freindship is such such fine.
and it can be a very good word to guest.
a good word anyway
Interesting!
Something like "good fortune"?
yeah
chinsese people always give this such kind of blessings to their guests
in china we also get an idiom----贵客临门。
客-----guest, 临 is a very mystic word, here it means get close , arrive at . 门 means door, here symblize the house. and as you see, 贵 is at the top.
all together is : an important , a fine guest is coming to our home!
Thanks, John-Bush!
(Not my question, but I love seeing these kinds of questions get answered. Google can only do so much...)
Thanks John-Bush.
On the necklace there's a write "Honour", it should be the meaning of the ideogram, but you and a my friend (not chinese) told me the same thing, it means expansive.
it is the most common meaning
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in chinese, the literal meaning of 贵 is "dear,expensive
",usually as adj.
but it can be a word extended to bless or glorify somebody.
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candy_chou wrote:in chinese, the literal meaning of 贵 is "dear,expensive
",usually as adj.
but it can be a word extended to bless or glorify somebody.
So, according to you could it means "honour"?
When i was living in toronto i used to write out all my orders in chinese. It provided such a good laugh with the waiters I always thought the cooks made me fuller dishes because they could see a westerner had written it but it was correct.We just don't write like those folks but the whole fun of doing it and inventing dishes was great.