Japanese Translation?

Question:

What does this mean:

竹可焚, 而不可毁其節

^^ bc I'm more lost than Alice in Wonderland with this.

Answer:

I'd try the China forum. That ^^ is Kanji. It is much more complicated than the standard Japanese alphabets, Hiragana and Katakana (both 46 characters). Unlike the Japanese, the Chinese ONLY use Kanji while the Japanese use Kanji mixed in with their other alphabets. Chinese Kanji is much more common in America and more widely understood. It is slightly different from Japanese Kanji. Although both cultures use Kanji and most have a very good understanding of it, American-Japanese speakers don't generally have a good grasp of it. This is in contrast to American-Mandarin & Cantonese speakers. You will definitely have more luck in that forum.