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Chinese symbol for “brazenly”

明目张胆
míng mù zhāng dǎn
Traditional: 明目張膽
openly and without fear; brazenly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brazenly is 明目张胆 (míng mù zhāng dǎn), defined as: openly and without fear; brazenly.

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

明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
目 mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
radical 109 ⽬ · 5 strokes
张 zhāng
to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
radical 57 ⼸ · 7 strokes
胆 dǎn
gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 明目张胆.

WordPinyinMeaning
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
明天míng tiāntomorrow
明确 (明確)míng quèclear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
项目 (項目)xiàng mùitem; project; (sports) event
主张 (主張)zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for
大胆 (大膽)dà dǎnbrazen; audacious

See also: Japanese symbol for “brazenly”.

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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