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gato -

I know what's going on, but I'm not telling.



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adrianlondon -

Very risky, Gato. You must enjoy living on the edge.










HashiriKata -



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If it's any help, I don't understand what's going on either. Very surreal.

Same here! It's perhaps best regarded as one of the mysteries of life










imron -



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Same here! It's perhaps best regarded as one of the mysteries of life

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what the mystery is all about.










JimmySeal -



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Hey i would like to thank you all for your interest but you got me confused!
Till now all of you have written 3 different ways for my quote:

1) 先锋
2) 先鋒
3) 先端

On the edge is something that i like and it's like that!

johnmck: you asked: on the edge of what?

I want to know how you write "on the edge" and i don't care if people don't understand it! It's
personal!

So i am waiting for your replies and i hope i get the 100% correct writing!

Being multilingual, you surely understand that there are many ways to express something in another
language. All three above mean "avant garde" or "cutting edge." The first is simplified Chinese,
the second is traditional Chinese and the third is Japanese.

If you want a literal translation, it would be ”端に” or ”端っこに” in Japanese, but
please understand this means "on the edge," as in "The cup is on the edge of the table," and
surely does not convey the meaning of the chorus from Aerosmith's hit record.










imron -



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I want to know how you write "on the edge" and i don't care if people don't understand it! It's
personal!

I think the point here is that in English there are several different meanings of on the edge, and
they would each translate into a different phrase in Chinese depending on which meaning you wanted
translated. It would help if you could clarify, or provide a bit of context about "on the edge",
and that would help others provide you with the most accurate translation. If you're not
interested in accuracy, you might as well get something like "傻瓜“ tattooed and be done with
it.










skylee -

靠邊站

Also take a look at this -> http://www.hanzismatter.com/2004/12/...stupidity.html










on_the_edge -

先锋
先鋒
先端
端に
端っこに
傻瓜
靠邊站

Nice i have 7 diffrent tattoos to choose!
By saying on the edge i mean:
1) Leaving in danger
2) Being different
3) Behaving in a different way that people do in your culture
4) Not into fashion, expensive clothes and show off

So i am waiting for a clearer answer now and something like this:
http://www.hanzismatter.com/2004/12/...stupidity.html

Imagine the guy that made this tattoo how does he feel now?

Also i would like to ask what does this tattoo mean:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/IMG_0105.jpg










JimmySeal -

You will get some very strange reactions from Chinese people if you go with #6.

The tatoo on the hairy guy says "husband" or "worker."










on_the_edge -

So what's going to be?
That's my first tattoo and when i got that tattoo they told me that it was an F since my name is
Filios! My god, these tattoo guys are so stupid some times!
Ok i will be a husband one day and i am a hard worker! That's good for me!
So what about my quote: ""ON THE EDGE""
How would it be written in chinese traditional, simplified and in japanese?!












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