Chinese symbol for “breathtaking”
动人心魄
dòng rén xīn pò
Traditional: 動人心魄
(idiom) breathtaking; deeply affecting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for breathtaking is 动人心魄 (dòng rén xīn pò), defined as: (idiom) breathtaking; deeply affecting.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “breathtaking”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊心动魄 (驚心動魄) | jīng xīn dòng pò | (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking |
| 劲爆 (勁爆) | jìng bào | (coll.) awesome; stunning |
| 慑人 (懾人) | shè rén | intimidating; fearsome; (fig.) awe-inspiring; breathtaking; stunning |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 动人心魄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 魄力 | pò lì | courage; daring |
See also: Japanese symbol for “breathtaking”.
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.