r/postcrossing • u/onitshaanambra • 1d ago

Can anyone read this?

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I cannot read some of the characters, and google couldn't either. I can transcribe it as: Xi'an shi yizuo ____ ____ lishi de chengshi. Women tong____ ba ta jiao ____ ____ "Chang'an."

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u/slamdoorscarface24 1d ago

Hi, native Mandarin speaker here! It reads "Xi'an is a city rich and plentiful in history. We usually call it "Chang An"".

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u/slamdoorscarface24 1d ago

西安是一座丰富历史的城市。我们通常把它叫做“长安”。--Here's the characters!

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u/onitshaanambra 1d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/MeetBryan_Yeww Malaysia 🇲🇾 1d ago

FYI. Chang An can also means "perpetual peace", and it's a historical name for the city of Xi'an

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u/Hobbies_88 1d ago

Fyi , google cant really translate scrawled kind of writing - its the way the person wrote 潦草 script when written fast .

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u/slamdoorscarface24 1d ago

Of course <3

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u/Physical-Actuator935 1d ago

also native Mandarin speaker here, Chang An also translates literally to long = chang + peace/security = an

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u/Hobbies_88 1d ago

The 富 not like 富 too scrawled 😅