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[–] MattWalsh@ani.social 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

~~bold of you to assume that I have any idea of what's written there and that I'm not simply reposting a funny image I saw to get internet points~~

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

~~lemmy users are a bunch of nerds, so I think there's a significant possibility of someone here knowing how to read these~~

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 45 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I AM THE NERD! I SEE IT NOW!

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

撫劍傷世路

The seal script is different but it's easier to see with the traditional characters

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 9 points 6 days ago
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i feel like i'm going insane because these characters don't match up at all

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

As mentioned in other comments, this is seal script, not just normal chinese characters, so they won't do exact matches, but they are similar in their general shapes.

Thank you nerd, i enjoyed this little breakdown :)