Chinese calligraphy tattoo: History, symbols, and cultural significance

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– Single wrong stroke changing the meaning
– Chinese-speaking tattoo artist
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– Avoiding computer-generated characters
– Transliterating Western names
– Pure phonetic translations
– Better to use a Chinese phrase
– Being confident and certain about getting a Chinese character tattoo
– Expensive, time-consuming, and painful tattoo removal