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1. Biggers
2. Bad Experience, Caution Lingers
3. The Confident Helmsman Inspires Confidence in the Passengers
4. Driggers
5. Eggers
8. Gersendre
9. Gerson
10. Ingersoll
11. Megers
12. Rodgers
13. Rogers
14. Torgerson
15. Wagers
A bird wounded by an arrow
傷弓之鳥 means “bird wounded by an arrow.”
Figuratively, this refers to a wounded or damaged person. It's very similar to the western proverb, “a person once bitten is twice shy.” To explain further, this is about someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience.
This phrase is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
把舵的不慌乘船的稳当 is a Chinese proverb that literally translates as: [If the] helmsman is not nervous, the passengers [will feel] secure.
Figuratively, this means: If the leader appears confident, his/her followers will gain confidence also.
This is a great suggestion that a confident leader inspires confidence in his/her troops or followers. Of course, a nervous leader will create fear in troops or followers.
飛虎 is the short, or rather, Korean title of the “Flying Tigers.”
This short title is not very often used in China but is a title used in Korea. When the Flying Tigers volunteers were in China, Korea was also occupied by Japanese forces. Because many Korean civilians were enslaved and killed at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, any group that fought against the Japanese at that time was held in high esteem by the Korean people.
Note: I suggest the other 3-character entry since this group was so strongly related to China.
飛虎 is also used as an adjective in Korean to describe a courageous person.
飛虎隊 is the full Chinese title of the “Flying Tigers Group.”
These were the American pilots that volunteered to go to China and fight the Japanese before the entry of the USA into World War Two. These fighter pilots were so esteemed in China that fallen American pilots could always find refuge in villages and safe passage and escape to areas of China that were not occupied by Japan at that time. Chinese villagers helped such fallen pilots with full knowledge that when the Japanese occupation forces found out, all the men, women, and children in the village would be massacred by Japanese troops (there are more than a few known cases of such massacres).
The Flying Tigers successfully kept supply lines to the Chinese resistance open and divided Japanese forces at a crucial time while America prepared to join WWII officially.
A wall scroll like this honors the men who risked or gave their lives as noble volunteers and is a reminder of the best moment in the history of Sino-American relations.
These three characters literally mean “flying tiger(s) group/team/squad.”
Note: Hanging these characters on your wall will not make you any friends with Japanese people who are aware or this history (most Japanese have no idea, as Japan’s involvement in WWII has all but been erased from school textbooks in Japan).
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Biggers | 比格斯 | bǐ gé sī bi3 ge2 si1 bi ge si bigesi | pi ko ssu pikossu |
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| Biggers | ビガーズ | bigaazu / bigazu | ||
| Bad Experience, Caution Lingers | 傷弓之鳥 伤弓之鸟 | shou kyuu no tori shoukyuunotori sho kyu no tori | shāng gōng zhī niǎo shang1 gong1 zhi1 niao3 shang gong zhi niao shanggongzhiniao | shang kung chih niao shangkungchihniao |
| The Confident Helmsman Inspires Confidence in the Passengers | 把舵的不慌乘船的穩當 把舵的不慌乘船的稳当 | bǎ tuò de bù huāng chéng chuán de wěn dang ba3 tuo4 de bu4 huang1 cheng2 chuan2 de wen3 dang ba tuo de bu huang cheng chuan de wen dang | pa t`o te pu huang ch`eng ch`uan te wen tang pa to te pu huang cheng chuan te wen tang |
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| Driggers | 德里格斯 | dé lǐ gé sī de2 li3 ge2 si1 de li ge si deligesi | te li ko ssu telikossu |
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| Driggers | ドリガース | dorigaasu / dorigasu | ||
| Eggers | 埃格斯 | āi gé sī ai1 ge2 si1 ai ge si aigesi | ai ko ssu aikossu |
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| Eggers | エガース | egaasu / egasu | ||
| Flying Tigers | 飛虎 飞虎 | fēi hǔ / fei1 hu3 / fei hu / feihu | ||
| Flying Tigers AVG | 飛虎隊 飞虎队 | fēi hǔ duì fei1 hu3 dui4 fei hu dui feihudui | fei hu tui feihutui |
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| Gersendre | 日爾桑德 日尔桑德 | rì ěr sāng dé ri4 er3 sang1 de2 ri er sang de riersangde | jih erh sang te jiherhsangte |
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| Gersendre | ガーセンドレ | gaasendore / gasendore | ||
| Gerson | 蓋爾孫 盖尔孙 | gài ěr sūn gai4 er3 sun1 gai er sun gaiersun | kai erh sun kaierhsun |
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| Gerson | ガーソン | gaason / gason | ||
| Ingersoll | 英格索爾 英格索尔 | yīng gé suǒ ěr ying1 ge2 suo3 er3 ying ge suo er yinggesuoer | ying ko so erh yingkosoerh |
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| Ingersoll | インガソル | ingasoru | ||
| Megers | 梅格斯 | méi gé sī mei2 ge2 si1 mei ge si meigesi | mei ko ssu meikossu |
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| Megers | メガース | megaasu / megasu | ||
| Rodgers | 羅杰斯 罗杰斯 | luó jié sī luo2 jie2 si1 luo jie si luojiesi | lo chieh ssu lochiehssu |
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| Rodgers | ロジャース | rojaasu / rojasu | ||
| Rogers | 羅杰斯 罗杰斯 | luó jié sī luo2 jie2 si1 luo jie si luojiesi | lo chieh ssu lochiehssu |
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| Rogers | ロジャース | rojaasu / rojasu | ||
| Torgerson | 托格森 | tuō gé sēn tuo1 ge2 sen1 tuo ge sen tuogesen | t`o ko sen tokosen to ko sen |
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| Torgerson | トルガーソン | torugaason / torugason | ||
| Wagers | 韋格斯 韦格斯 | wéi gé sī wei2 ge2 si1 wei ge si weigesi | wei ko ssu weikossu |
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| Wagers | ウェイガーズ | weigaazu / weigazu | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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