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Survive in Chinese / Japanese...

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  1. Return From Death’s Door

  2. Survival

  3. Survival of the Fittest

  4. Survive

  5. Survivor

  6. The Weak are Meat, The Strong Eat

  7. Endure and Survive


Return From Death’s Door

 jué chǔ féng shēng
Return From Death’s Door Scroll

絕處逢生 is a Chinese proverb/idiom that talks of coming back from death's door or an unexpected rescue from danger.

Figuratively, this can be to recover from a seemingly impossible situation or to find a way out of a predicament.

If you have survived a near-death experience or severe illness, this might be an appropriate wall scroll for you.

 xìng cún
Survival Scroll

幸存 is the most common way to express “survival” in Chinese. This can also refer to a survivor of a disaster.

However, this is not a common title for a wall scroll. But if you like the idea of survival, this is how to write it.

Survival of the Fittest

 shì zhě shēng cún
 teki sha sei zon
Survival of the Fittest Scroll

適者生存 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for “survival of the fittest.”

 shēng cún
 seizon
Survive Scroll

生存 means “to survive.” In some contexts, it can mean survival, to live, to exist, or existence.

生存 is not a common selection for a wall scroll, but a lot of people search for this term, so I added it to the database.

 xìng cún zhě
Survivor Scroll

倖存者 is the most common way to express “survivor” in Chinese. It literally means “lucky/fortunate surviving person.”

倖存者 is kind of an odd selection for a wall scroll, but there is no better way to say survivor in Chinese calligraphy.

 sei zon sha
Survivor Scroll

生存者 is how survivor is written in Japanese.

生存者 is a strange selection for a wall scroll in Japanese culture, so consider that before you choose this for your calligraphy artwork.

The Weak are Meat, The Strong Eat

Meaning: Survival of the fittest

 ruò ròu qiáng shí
 jaku niku kyoo shoku
The Weak are Meat, The Strong Eat Scroll

弱肉強食 is a Japanese and Chinese proverb that literally means “The weak are meat; the strong eat” or “The weak are prey to the strong.”

The closest English version is, “Survival of the fittest.” It also fits with the ideas of, “predatory behavior,” or “The law of the jungle.”

Endure and Survive

 shinogu
Endure and Survive Scroll

凌ぐ is a Japanese word that means to endure and survive.

The full list of definitions includes to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation), to pull through, to get over, to survive, to surpass, to outdo, to excel, to eclipse, and/or to defy.


These search terms might be related to Survive:

Carry On, Undaunted

Endure and Survive

Ikiru / to Live

Live and Let Die

Live by the Sword Die by the Sword

Live for the Day

Live for the Day / Seize the Day

Live for What You Love

Live Free or Die

Live in Peace and Contentment

Live in Prosperity

Live in the Moment / Live in the Now

Live Laugh Love

Live Long and Prosper

Live Love Die

Live Strong

Live Together and Help Each Other

Live Well

Live Without Regret

Living / Live Life

Patience / Perseverance / to Endure / Tolerant

Traveler / to Live Abroad

You Must Endure a Harsh Winter to Appreciate the Warmth of Springtime

You Only Live Once

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Return From Death’s Door絕處逢生
绝处逢生
jué chǔ féng shēng
jue2 chu3 feng2 sheng1
jue chu feng sheng
juechufengsheng
chüeh ch`u feng sheng
chüehchufengsheng
chüeh chu feng sheng
Survival幸存xìng cún / xing4 cun2 / xing cun / xingcunhsing ts`un / hsingtsun / hsing tsun
Survival of the Fittest適者生存
适者生存
teki sha sei zon
tekishaseizon
shì zhě shēng cún
shi4 zhe3 sheng1 cun2
shi zhe sheng cun
shizheshengcun
shih che sheng ts`un
shihcheshengtsun
shih che sheng tsun
Survive生存seizonshēng cún
sheng1 cun2
sheng cun
shengcun
sheng ts`un
shengtsun
sheng tsun
Survivor倖存者
幸存者
xìng cún zhě
xing4 cun2 zhe3
xing cun zhe
xingcunzhe
hsing ts`un che
hsingtsunche
hsing tsun che
Survivor生存者sei zon sha
seizonsha
The Weak are Meat, The Strong Eat弱肉強食jaku niku kyoo shoku
jakunikukyooshoku
jaku niku kyo shoku
ruò ròu qiáng shí
ruo4 rou4 qiang2 shi2
ruo rou qiang shi
ruorouqiangshi
jo jou ch`iang shih
jojouchiangshih
jo jou chiang shih
Endure and Survive凌ぐshinogu
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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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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