Graffiti on the stairs to Morrisons, can anyone translate?
Posted Sep 10, 2023, 5:45 PM UTC
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I saw this in an episode of Sherlock
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I thought of that too. Made me wonder if a fan decided to copy the writing from that episode
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No 4 - spring rolls. No 7 - BBQ spare ribs Hong Kong style. No 31b - egg fried rice. No 68 - fried squid Asian style.
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Saw,vinga?
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Literal wall of text.
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So I followed the trail to the translation sub and then put what the person who gave the Chinese said into google and it came out as this:
A gentleman should be careful to be independent, not to deceive the dark room, to humble himself as a shepherd, and to be chaste. A true man stands between heaven and earth. He should nourish the righteousness of heaven and earth, do things openly and aboveboard, restrain himself, be cautious in independence, and keep his heart and nature clear.
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Isn't this a quote from the "little red book"
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I don't know, I have never read it.
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I think it is. But I can't be arsed to go into loft a check
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君子慎独不欺暗室 卑以自牧含章可贞 大丈夫立于天地之间 当仰天地浩然正气 行光明磊落之事 克己慎独守心明性
As far as I can gather (I speak Mandarin but I'm not from China, so I might be missing some context), this text is something like a code of conduct. It's aggregated from a variety of Classical Chinese sources. Putting the phrase into Google returns this website: https://www.sohu.com/a/528432338_120016954 I don't really have time to translate this website right now; but if you use Google Translate on the website it's not too bad
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A gentleman is cautious and does not deceive the dark room, humble himself to herds, and can be chaste, and the eldest husband stands between heaven and earth, and when he looks up to heaven and earth, he should do things that are bright and upright, and he is careful and prudent, and he keeps his mind clear
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大丈夫 doesn't mean eldest husband，it's a man of good stature/morals，an upstanding and dependable man. Feels like this is an app translation？
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Did you type out those symbols yourself or just copy them from the other user who posted them? Because they're very different to the photo.
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They're different for two reasons：
first is handwriting vs a font，same as a handwritten note vs Times New Roman looks different；
second，he's typed in simplified，whereas the graffito is in traditional characters.
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I wouldn't listen to even someone I trust telling me how a gentleman should act, much less a piece of graffiti propaganda. I decide that shit for myself.
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Not graffiti propaganda. Maybe you're confused with the art piece in Shoreditch？
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It's about Stacy. Apparently she's a bitch
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Her mum has got it going on though.
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Her dad is pretty rad, too.
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Heard that some guy’s in love with her brother too
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Dognappers hun. Stay safe.
Shared.
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"This is very high"?
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It says “Made you ask on Reddit what this means.”
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Its the lyrics to a rick astley song
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Not the recipe for a noodle soup then?
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President Xi is a grass
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I uploaded this on r/china. I will wait for some kind chineese.
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Google's effort
Damn those hedgehog bullies!