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祝福 is a nice way to give good wishes to someone.
It can be a general blessing or used to congratulate someone for a special occasion or graduation.
This has a good meaning in Japanese but is more appropriate when expressed orally. 祝福 is not a natural selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Japanese.
猶太 is the title for Jews or the adjective for being Jewish in Chinese.
You may be surprised to learn there are still a few native Jews in China (though many ethnic Jews moved to Israel). It's believed that they are descendants of traders who traveled the silk road between the Middle East and the Orient.
欲樂 is the Chinese and Japanese title representing the Buddhist and Jainist joys of the five desires.
Kama comes from the Pali/Sanskrit काम. The meaning is “desire, wish, longing.”
In Jainism, it can include sensual pleasure, sexual desire, and longing.
However, the Buddhist context refers more to any desire, wish, passion, longing, the pleasure of the senses, desire for, longing to and after, the aesthetic enjoyment of life, affection, or love, enjoyment of love is particularly with or without the enjoyment of sexual, sensual and erotic desire, and is often used without sexual connotations.
A wish for a long and prosperous life
福如東海壽比南山 is a phrase that means “May you have good fortune as great as the eastern oceans, and may your life last as long as the southern mountains.”
In ancient Chinese mythology, the eastern oceans and southern mountains are where God resides (basically it is the same as saying “heaven”). So it's like saying, “May your good fortune and life be as vast as the heavens.”
There is also a longer, 14-character version of this phrase. Also, this can be cut into two scrolls (with half the phrase on each side - great for hanging on either side of a doorway). Just let me know if you'd like a special version (there is an additional cost).
南山之壽 is a wish for long life for someone. The first part of this Japanese phrase is “Nan Zan,” which means “south mountain.” This mountain is one of the good wishes, good fortune, and prosperity. The title is often used as a salutation of good wishes.
The third Kanji is just a connector, and the last Kanji means long life or longevity.
I guess you could translate this phrase as “May your life be as long as Nan Zan is tall.”
啟盛世開太平 means “To bring flourishing peace and security to the world (our current era).”
It's a wish that a new door leading to peace and prosperity could be opened to mankind.
Character and word breakdown:
啟 to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken.
盛世 a flourishing period; period of prosperity; a golden age.
開 to open; to start; to turn on.
太平 peace and security; peace and tranquility; peace; tranquility.
I don't like to do breakdowns like this, as the words altogether create their unique meaning (encompassed in the main title above).
These search terms might be related to Wish:
Aspire / Burning Desire
Big Dream / Great Hope
Black or White Cat Matters Not as Long as It Can Catch Mice
Celestial Dragon / Tian Long
Changquan / Long Fist
Desire
Desire / Craving
Desire / Longing / Craving
Desire / Wish / Aspiration
Eternal / Long-Lasting
Faith Hope Love
Fancy
Fancy Nails
Fear Not Long Roads; Fear Only Short Ambition
Forever Young / Long Life
Four Noble Truths: Desire and Attachment
Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment
Give Up Desire
High Mountain Long River
Hope
Kama - Desire Wish Longing
Live Long and Prosper
Longevity / Long Life
Longevity / Long Life Wishes
Longing for Lover
Lust / Desire / Passion
Missing / Yearning
Not Long for This World
Omoi / Desire
Shen Long
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Blessings and Good Wishes | 祝福 | shukufuku | zhù fú / zhu4 fu2 / zhu fu / zhufu | chu fu / chufu |
Desire Wish Aspiration | 願望 愿望 | gan bou / ganbou / gan bo | yuàn wàng yuan4 wang4 yuan wang yuanwang | yüan wang yüanwang |
Jew Jewish | 猶太 犹太 | yóu tài / you2 tai4 / you tai / youtai | yu t`ai / yutai / yu tai | |
Jew Jewish People | ユダヤ人 | yudaya jin / yudayajin | ||
Kama - Desire Wish Longing | 欲樂 欲乐 | yokuraku | yù lè / yu4 le4 / yu le / yule | yü le / yüle |
Longevity Long Life Wishes | 福如東海壽比南山 福如东海寿比南山 | fú rú dōng hǎi shòu bǐ nán shān fu2 ru2 dong1 hai3 shou4 bi3 nan2 shan1 fu ru dong hai shou bi nan shan furudonghaishoubinanshan | fu ju tung hai shou pi nan shan fujutunghaishoupinanshan |
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Longevity Long Life Wishes | 南山之壽 南山之寿 | nan zan no jyu nanzannojyu | ||
Worldwide Wish for Peace and Prosperity | 啟盛世開太平 启盛世开太平 | qǐ shèng shì kāi tài píng qi3 sheng4 shi4 kai1 tai4 ping2 qi sheng shi kai tai ping qishengshikaitaiping | ch`i sheng shih k`ai t`ai p`ing chishengshihkaitaiping chi sheng shih kai tai ping |
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