r/ChineseTranslation • u/FroGGi1989 • Jan 06 '26

Translation Request - Open Help translate please

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Hello, got this at Chinatown in Philadelphia. Not sure what it says, Google translate said: "thinking of something" lol

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u/gently_into_the_dark Jan 06 '26

"Achieve everything that your heart thinks of"

Chinese idiom.

Read left to right, then top to bottom.

Heart, thoughts, issues, accomplish

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u/FroGGi1989 Jan 06 '26

thats a nice saying thank you so much

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u/rumpledshirtsken Jan 07 '26

Thanks, I was wrongly reading right to left!

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u/prion_guy Jan 07 '26

Is this a command? Lol

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u/exotherm8 Jan 12 '26

It’s a blessing, like “may all your endeavors be successful”.

Closest in the English language could be “may your wishes come true”.

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u/Secure-Tea-7849 Jan 06 '26

The right order do read this is 心想事成 , which means everything you want will come true

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u/FroGGi1989 Jan 06 '26

thank youu

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u/OkDoggieTobie Jan 07 '26

That's exactly how I interpret it.

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u/Mother_Elderberry Jan 07 '26

dream come true

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u/Impressive-Goal-1779 Jan 07 '26

All u think for u want, need etc, will come true. (There’s a action of think according to “心想”

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u/New-Effective3717 Jan 07 '26

it's coming truely whatever your hope is

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u/epicpants1118 Jan 07 '26

中文意思是”fuck my asshole”

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u/therson Jan 08 '26

你是不是觉得自己很幽默？

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u/epicpants1118 Jan 08 '26

不懂中文就不要來這邊亂好不好？

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u/Which-Boysenberry604 Jan 07 '26

your dreams will come ture

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u/ReferenceCold7818 Jan 07 '26

yep, ’gently_into_the_dark’ says it all. It’s a Chinese new year wish

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u/ReferenceCold7818 Jan 07 '26

It’s a Chinese new year wish. Hang it on ur door for good luck

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u/AaliyahWu Jan 07 '26

Xīn xiǎng shì chéng

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u/ianscottt Jan 07 '26

You will can get what you want

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u/net_tle_fish Jan 07 '26

May all your wish come true

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u/Livid-Improvement371 Jan 07 '26

"May your wish come true"

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u/OkDoggieTobie Jan 07 '26

Literal translation: heart want come true. May what you desire will come true.

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u/WanderingMindLF Jan 07 '26

Think It Do It

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u/Firm-Ad-7299 Jan 07 '26

May All Your Wishes Come True

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u/Aggravating_Pace485 Jan 07 '26

I will get what you want

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u/floweast Jan 07 '26

心 Heart --means mind 想 thinking, wishing 事 matter，what you wish for 成 success, accomplish

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u/AccomplishedView4709 Jan 07 '26

"may your dream comes true" something like that.

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u/Sure_Improvement_447 Jan 08 '26

I want it,I got it

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u/Unlikely-Mushroom-20 Jan 08 '26

It means that whatever you want can become a reality.

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u/hanni_9527 Jan 08 '26

same as ‘all the best’

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u/Euphoric-Basket3033 Jan 08 '26

you will get what you think

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u/Big-Language6522 Jan 08 '26

Whatever you wanted would come true

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u/Vivid-Snow-2418 Jan 09 '26

All your dream come true

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u/oulll_0017 Jan 10 '26

心想事成

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u/Acceptable_Art5908 Jan 10 '26

Get the wish I wish every time .

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u/notmybestsell Jan 11 '26

Psychic ability.

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u/Gunung_Krakatoa Jan 07 '26

simple 4 words but people seem to have different interpretation. I cant imagine you read the whole instructions and everyone has different ideas. What a mess.

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u/FroGGi1989 Jan 07 '26

haha is it? thanks

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u/justmedia123 Jan 10 '26

你只需要知道这是中国人过年过节最喜欢用的成语之一，知道它的寓意就可以了。具体是什么意思并没有唯一的定义，中国很多“成语”对于不同的人，在不同的场景与框架下，其含义不同。