Getting a tattoo in a language that you don't understand is rarely a good idea. Hell, even tattoos in people's native tongues ...

Ocean Front Tattoo artist Mikey Ekimoto wears Korean symbols on his ring finger that translate to "Every moment is precious." On his pinkie finger, it reads, "Work hard and sacrifice one's self." ...

BEIJING -- "Pig." That was the word printed on her T-shirt in Chinese -- an enormous design taking up the entire front. "PIG." "Do you know what your shirt says?" my dad called out to the stranger ...

We Americans are known for getting Chinese tattoos that say really silly things that make no sense in Chinese. So today we’re ...

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These artists channel elements of Chinese painting, calligraphy and Buddhism through their needles in a new form of ‘poetic ...

The Chinese language is difficult, and perhaps no one has struggled more with it than the inkers and bearers of America’s Chinese-character tattoos. Most infamous was probably the tattoo on Britney ...