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Chinese symbol for “badass”

大牛
dà niú
(coll.) leading light; superstar; badass; (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini

The closest CC-CEDICT match for badass is 大牛 (dà niú), defined as: (coll.) leading light; superstar; badass; (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini.

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Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
牛 niú
ox, cow, bull
radical 93 ⽜ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “badass”

WordPinyinMeaning
牛人niú rén(coll.) leading light; true expert

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大牛.

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
牛奶niú nǎicow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi)
牛肉niú ròubeef

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.