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Chinese symbol for “condescending”

目中无人
mù zhōng wú rén
Traditional: 目中無人
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air

The closest CC-CEDICT match for condescending is 目中无人 (mù zhōng wú rén), defined as: to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air.

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

目 mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
radical 109 ⽬ · 5 strokes
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “condescending”

WordPinyinMeaning
目空一切mù kōng yī qièthe eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending
屈尊俯就qū zūn fǔ jiùto condescend; condescending
目空四海mù kōng sì hǎithe eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending

Related words

Other words that share a character with 目中无人.

WordPinyinMeaning
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
项目 (項目)xiàng mùitem; project; (sports) event
目标 (目標)mù biāotarget; goal
目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective
节目 (節目)jié mù(TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event)
目录 (目錄)mù lùcatalog; table of contents
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “condescending”.

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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