The English translation of the Chinese characters contained within the mark is as follows; the first character means "myself", "private", "self", "from", "natural"; the second Chinese character means "reason", "cause", "by"; the third Chinese character means "era", "time", "hour", "age"; the fourth character means "repay", "reward", "report", "a newspaper". The first and second characters together, side-by-side, mean "freedom", "liberty", "free", and are transliterated as "tzyh you". The third and fourth characters together, side-by side, mean "report of a time" and are transliterated as "shyr baw".