[Hidden-tech] Could someone translate a phrase from Chinese to English?

[SandyWeiner]

It means many things:
Used as a sign for praise and encouragement I'm told:
A persons deeds and virtues are powerful enough to heal the world.

Literally: thick virtues can hold the world.

I hope this helps,
Sandy
Sri Bodhiraja Foundation
Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka




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> On Mar 17, 2015, at 6:03 AM, Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:
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> Ah, then it probably DOES mean "great virtue shows the Way".
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> (BTW, I was mistaken about my comment about simplified characters:
> I was in the wrong Pinyin mode when typing. The stone said 載, not 载.
> Same character, just traditional.)
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> I met my Chinese/Japanese wife while living in Japan: she's now a
> college teacher here in the States.
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> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation
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>> On 16 Mar 2015, at 20:29, keith harmon Snow <keith.harmon.snow at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> excellent, thank you very much. It is a tablet on a mountain in Wudang Shan behind the Purple Heaven Palace at the cave shrine of a famous "bee daoist".
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>> Can I ask where your understanding of Chinese comes from? 
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>> thank you again 
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>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> wrote:
>> I think it's an obscure Chengyu (four-character idiom), but it's in
>> simplified characters, so it must be on the Mainland.
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>> 厚德载道 (hòu dé zài dào) literally means "great virtue fills the road",
>> which I guess means something like "great virtue is highly praised".
>> (In the right context, it might also mean that "great virtue conveys the Way".)
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>> More common similar Chengyu are 厚德载物 (great virtue can carry all
>> the things in the world) and 厚德载福 (great virtue brings happiness).
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>> Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
>> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation
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>>> On 16 Mar 2015, at 15:59, Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi all,
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>>> A friend needs a sign translated from Chinese to English. I can't
>>> attach it here, due to list guidelines, ut if you are willing to help,
>>> could you reply to my friend, Keith, who is cc'ed here?
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>>> Thanks,
>>> Deb
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