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Chinese 12 Character Palindrome Charm Cjiyou 01, Chinese palindrome charms
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Chinese 12 Character Palindrome Charm Cjiyou 01, The inscription consists of 12 Chinese characters inscribed around the rim which reads “我笑他说我看他打我容他骂". The most basic translation is “I, laugh, he, talks, I, look, he, hits, I, am tolerant, he, scolds”., The meaning of a verb on this Chinese numismatic charm may change depending on whether it precedes or follows the pronoun. Since this is a palindrome, one can begin to read this amulet coin with any pronoun or verb and read clockwise or counterclockwise.

As an example, starting with the “second” character in the inscription written above, the meaning would be “laugh at him scolding me (笑他说我)”, “look at him fight me (看他打我)”, “be tolerant of him cursing me (容他骂我)”. Reading the same characters counter-clockwise would be “I curse and he is tolerant (我骂他容)”, “I fight and he watches (我打他看)”, “I speak and he laughs (我说他笑)”.

Therefore, completely different meanings occur when reading this Chinese numismatic charm, which is dependent on which pronoun or verb the reader begins with and which direction they are reading. 

The charm is made of brass (copper-alloy) and has a diameter of 51.64 mm and a weight of 35.05 grams.
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漢字12字 古文 チャーム チヨウ01、中国語の回文の呪文
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漢字12字      01 は、「我笑他我看他打我容他」と縁に刻まれた12字からなる。最も基本的な翻訳は「私、笑う、彼、話す、私、見る、見る、殴る、見る、我は寛容で、彼は叱る」である。これは回文なので、代名詞や動詞とともにこの魔除けのコインを読み始め、時計回りまたは反時計回りに読むことができる。一例として、上記の碑文の「二」の字から、「笑う」の意味は、「笑う」の意味、「見ている」の意味。同じ文字を反時計回りに読むと、「私は呪い、彼は寛容である」、「私は闘い、彼は[我打他看]を見ている」、「私は話して、彼は笑います(我他笑)」になる。したがって、この中国語の貨幣的魅力を読むとき、読み手のどの代名詞または動詞から始め、どの方向を読んでいるかに依存する全く異なる意味が生じる。素材は真製で、直径51.64mm、重さ35.05g。
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palindrome scold tolerantly tolerant charm quark vituperation charm spell incantation enchantment pronominal phrase pronominal one-hitter pronoun