Jerri from North Carolina requested the Chinese translation for “passion” as in “nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion”…  Friedrich Hebbel, German poet…  right on.

…  where essentially the first character means “hot” and the second character means “emotions” or “feelings.”
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Diana from Canada (!) requested the Chinese characters for “welcome” because her organization is making banners welcoming people in as many different languages as possible…  isn’t that nice?

… where essentially the first character means “happy” or “glad” and the second character means “to greet” or “to receive.”
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Luke from Mississippi requested the Chinese translation for “butt” as in arse, glutes, hindquarters, derriere, fanny, bum, rump, tuckus, caboose, a$$, booty, back, trunk, badunka-dunk-dunk (did I miss any??  haha).

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Chelsea from Oregon requested the Chinese translation for “conflict” as in “the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph”…  Thomas Paine, American writer…  Thomas who?…  yeah, how ’bout that?  I actually retained something from high school (!)…  here’s to my edumacation.  *toasting*

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Danny from Virginia requested the Chinese translation for “God-like” as in “to have compassion for distress is human;  to relieve it is god-like”…  god-like, GOD-LIKE I SAY!…  Horace Mann, “father of American public school education.”

… where the first character is the “like” in “God-like” and the second character means “god” or “deity”…  so essentially, this translates [...]

Chris from the U.K. (!) requested the Chinese translation for “invincible” as in “[his characters] are always 7 feet tall and invincible, mine are 5 feet 8 and nervous”…  Elmer Kelton, author…  *chuckle*

… where the first character means “none whatsoever” and the second character means “rival” or “enemy.”  So essentially, this translates literally as “no rival.”
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Jessica from North Carolina requested the Chinese translation for “mother and daughter” as in “virtue and happiness are mother and daughter”…  Benjamin Franklin…  how ’bout that Ben??…  always comin’ up with those clever idioms.

… where in this context, the first character means “mother” and the second character means “daughter.”
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Sarah requested the Chinese translation for “tree” (the Hebrew meaning of her name) as in “as difficult as nailing jelly to a tree”…  (!).

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Kate from Arizona requested the Chinese translation for “tiger” as in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”…  (good movie when it first came out, but in my mind, has been surpassed by other great movies like “House of Flying Daggers” and “Hero”)…  call me Roger (Ebert)… =P

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Marie from California requested the Chinese translation for “always” or “forever” as in “dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today”…  James Dean, actor…  ahhhh yes, quite profound…  but in the end, look where it got him (!).

… where the first character means “eternal” or “everlasting” and the second character means “far” [...]