Twins
Derek from Australia (!) requested the Chinese translation for “twins” as in “I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery”… Joan Rivers, comedian… bwahaha.

… where essentially the first character means “a pair,” the second character can mean “placenta,” and the third character technically means an “unborn child,” but in this context, can also refer to a born child.
One final note: In short, there is no distinction between singular and plural form for nouns in Chinese… so this could represent the singular form “twin” as well, depending on context.
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September 25th, 2007 at 12:25 am
I was looking for a tattoo for me and my twin brother… what are the different ways to write twins???
February 15th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Er, the translation’s above.
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