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Hi ;)
I would like to know what is the literal meaning of this simbols , if it is not chinese , forgive me :p
Thanks .
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Hey,

It doesn't make any sense at all. Yes, there are 5 Chinese characters under the circle. But I have no idea what it means putting them together. 4 of the characters are together shaping a square and the other smaller one is on the upper right corner meaning "eight".

Let's look at the 4 characters. the one on the upper right corner close to "eight" means human, people or man. the one under it, on the lower right corner means ox, bull or cow. the one on the upper left corner means all and the last one on the lower left corner means forget. So put the 4 characters together, it may mean "all human and ox have been forgotten" or "have forgotten all human and ox" or it can be even translated to "both human and ox have forgotten". That's why i said it doesn't make any sense. It might better if we know the content.
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Shannon

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