Anyone read Chinese characters?

[burnin240sx]

Anyone know what this translates to?

[whiterps13]

yea it directly translates to "if you can read this we are going to kill you and the entire city you live in"

[240DRFT]

i have no clue what it says, but what is it?

[flyfishz]

hmm seems like that is chinese, ... my son who has been taking jap for four years most definetly cannot read it

[Onizuka]

it says: "not in japanese"

[burnin240sx]

so maybe it's chinese?

[burnin240sx]

i have no clue what it says, but what is it?

my mom got it at some yard sale and wants to know what it is.were oping it doen't say your all going to die or something along those lines.

[Healing]

you got the characters upside down dude, hahaha flip the pic if you can.

[burnin240sx]

no way man. haha the hanger is on the frame upside down LOL

[Healing]

lol not to be a b1tch about this, but it looks like you took the photo in a mirror...the characters are all backwards

[burnin240sx]

that's cuz i just fliped it in software. it's fixed now. i'm glad your helping. thanks.

[Healing]

fu lu so shi

rough translation...

fu = happinesslu = promotion/advancementso = long lifeshi = double happiness...seen in chinese weddings and the like

hope this helps

[burnin240sx]

thanks a ton healing. i'll fix the hangers on them tommorow. lol thats funny it was upside down.

[richardxfeng]

the first character more means Luck.

[Sil-Abc]

hmm if im not mistaken, its supposed to be hung upside down on purpose. Im chinese but dont kno these things cuz im just not into that stuff but i kno that some things are supposed to be hung upside down for luck and to keep back spirits out and all that superstitious stuff. For example a chinese character in hung above the front door upside down to keep evil spirits out. So im assuming this board is supposed to be the way it is.

[niznos]

Don't "fix" the hanger! Right, it is supposed to be hung upside down, here's why: Spoken Chinese has many homophones (that's words that sound alike but mean different things, like there, their, and they're in Eng.) The word for upside down is "dao", "dao" is also "arrival" in Chinese. So well wishes like those characters hung upside down is to call for those good wishes to "arrive".

[whiterps13]

^interesting, you learn something eveyday. ;]

[Healing]

mmm i don't know about the everything being upside down and all...i am myself chinese, but i was born in america and don't quite know as much as my parents, but am still pretty well versed. um...i think with some characters, you do indeed hang them upside down, but not everything . If it was me i'd hang it right side up = p.

Might want to check with HKC or someone...

[burnin240sx]

Well I’m going to leave it since mom says that "she bought it from a Chinese family and it's been in there family for years" so I figure that they would know if it was upside down or not. And I’ve heard of the upside down good luck thing. So I’m going to leave it upside down in hopes that the sign comes true. Thanks for all the great help everyone.

[Onizuka]

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