Unless you truly treat your body like a sketchbook, most of us want our tattoos to mean something. An important symbol, a reference to a loved one, or perhaps a mantra to keep in mind. For some reason, many non-Asian folks have decided that Chinese or Japanese symbols somehow have enough significance for them to be inked onto their skin.
A man wondered if he perhaps shouldn’t have told a friend what her “Chinese” tattoo actually meant. To put it plainly, it didn’t mean “Strength and Beauty.” Readers weighed in on OP’s actions and debated if these sorts of tattoos were a good idea in the first place.
