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From :   yumi0101

Date : 2008-11-12 / 11:19AM

Thank you for your reply!!

I tried to make sure if it is correct letters, but I could not..
Because the 2nd letter is like “主”, but the shape is little bit different.. and my friend can’t type that and me neither, sorry such a inaccurate question…

He said that he saw this sentence on “Lost” (American series) and he has read it has 2 meanings.

1- “He walks among us, but he is not a one of us”
2- “Eagles fly up, cleaving the space”

Do you have any idea?
He already has those letters tattooed on his arm… I don’t think that was a nice idea… His brother also said me that he wants to make a tattoo “改善”, but I said him “Please don’t!! it’s not cool in Japan”
It means “improvement” in Japanese, but imagine, how do you feel if you saw this word on somebody’s arm…?

Sorry, I digressed from the point…
Anyway, I will wait for your reply.
Oh! if you find something mistakes on my English, could you correct that please?

Thank you,

Yumiko

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-11-12 / 10:42PM

Hi Yumiko,

Thanks for your quick reply.

1. If I see “改善”, I would feel strange, because this word makes no sense as a tattoo.

2. I think the phrase should be “鹰击长空” it means “eagles fly up, cleaving the space”

Please confirm the characters with me

Benny



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