<p>The big characters look like 啻chì泰tài</p>
<p>啻 chì is a old word not common today I think.</p>
<p>泰 tài safe or peaceful calm also big (泰tài州zhōu is a city in Jiangsu province)</p>
<p>Together I don't know what they might mean.</p>
<p>As a guess, 啻 can mean 'remain, remainder'. (Jíyùn.zhìyùn is an 11th century dictionary)</p>
<p>啻: 余，剩下。《集韻•寘韻》：“啻，餘也。”
啻: remain, left over. &lt;Jíyùn.zhìyùn&gt;: &quot;啻chì,remain&quot;</p>
<p>啻泰：maybe: remain calm</p>
<p>As for the red scribble-de-gook, I will never be able to read that &quot;seal script&quot;, but there are people here who can! Amazing!</p>

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2021-10-12T01:58:33.220Z
“scribble-de-gook” interesting description  as the old proverb said: “never say never”, you can read it, if you wish 
水巷孑蠻
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2021-10-12T03:53:51.797Z
What about the seal?
joehua
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2021-10-12T09:02:44.630Z
Thank you very much for taking your time for researching. Remain calm seams like a good text for a poster. Now I'm sure I'm going to keep the image in the frame.
Noemi
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2021-10-12T23:49:11.960Z
If, and only if my guess is correct, maybe, in modern parlance, the artist is just saying "chill". And yes, the frame is ugly!
Pedroski
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2021-10-13T10:03:22.673Z
Ok, I understand. Well it's a good thing it won't hang on your wall ;)
Noemi
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Pedroski
<p>I got this picture frame as a present from my family, but I also really like the image even though I don't know what it means. I tried to find its meaning with google translate, and other image based translators but with no luck. Upon further inspection, I found the website which this poster was made and the artist: Hu Chen. But unfortunately the <a href="https://www.artline-holland.com/artists/show/Hu/Chen" rel="nofollow noreferrer">website</a> didn't help at all.</p>
<p>I know that the red mark is a seal, though, but I am still stuck.Can I have some help?</p>
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I don't see the painting on the website. Unless you can provide more information, only the seal (繞屋梅花三十樹) is interpretable, the calligraphy (啻泰) doesn't mean anything immediately apparent.
dROOOze
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Thank you so much! Solving the seal looked impossible. I really appreciate your help!
Noemi
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# Could you help me translate this picture?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-11)

I got this picture frame as a present from my family, but I also really like the image even though I don't know what it means. I tried to find its meaning with google translate, and other image based translators but with no luck. Upon further inspection, I found the website which this poster was made and the artist: Hu Chen. But unfortunately the [website](https://www.artline-holland.com/artists/show/Hu/Chen) didn't help at all.

I know that the red mark is a seal, though, but I am still stuck.Can I have some help?

[![Picture frameand image of Chinese character](https://i.sstatic.net/Q2upx.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Q2upx.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, character-identification, traditional-characters, handwriting, calligraphy

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't see the painting on the website. Unless you can provide more information, only the seal (繞屋梅花三十樹) is interpretable, the calligraphy (啻泰) doesn't mean anything immediately apparent.  
> **username_0**: Thank you so much! Solving the seal looked impossible. I really appreciate your help!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-10-11. Score: 2

The big characters look like 啻chì泰tài

啻 chì is a old word not common today I think.

泰 tài safe or peaceful calm also big (泰tài州zhōu is a city in Jiangsu province)

Together I don't know what they might mean.

As a guess, 啻 can mean 'remain, remainder'. (Jíyùn.zhìyùn is an 11th century dictionary)

啻: 余，剩下。《集韻•寘韻》：“啻，餘也。”
啻: remain, left over. <Jíyùn.zhìyùn>: "啻chì,remain"

啻泰：maybe: remain calm

As for the red scribble-de-gook, I will never be able to read that "seal script", but there are people here who can! Amazing!

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: “scribble-de-gook” interesting description  as the old proverb said: “never say never”, you can read it, if you wish   
> **username_4**: What about the seal?  
> **username_0**: Thank you very much for taking your time for researching. Remain calm seams like a good text for a poster. Now I'm sure I'm going to keep the image in the frame.  
> **username_2**: If, and only if my guess is correct, maybe, in modern parlance, the artist is just saying "chill". And yes, the frame is ugly!  
> **username_0**: Ok, I understand. Well it's a good thing it won't hang on your wall ;)  

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