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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.

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

动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
魄 pò
vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon
radical 194 ⿁ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “breathtaking”

WordPinyinMeaning
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 rénintimidating; fearsome; (fig.) awe-inspiring; breathtaking; stunning

Related words

Other words that share a character with 动人心魄.

WordPinyinMeaning
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
劳动 (勞動)láo dòngwork; toil
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
魄力pò lìcourage; 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.

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