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Chinese symbol for “alarming”

大不了
dà bu liǎo
at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alarming is 大不了 (dà bu liǎo), defined as: at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
不 bu
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
了 liǎo
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大不了.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to

See also: Japanese symbol for “alarming”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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