Chinese symbol for “disgraceful”
大逆不道
dà nì bù dào
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disgraceful is 大逆不道 (dà nì bù dào), defined as: disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “disgraceful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑 (醜) | chǒu | shameful; ugly |
| 可耻 (可恥) | kě chǐ | shameful; disgraceful |
| 不光彩 | bù guāng cǎi | disgraceful; dishonorable |
| 没水平 (沒水平) | méi shuǐ píng | disgraceful; poor quality |
| 不名誉 (不名譽) | bù míng yù | disreputable; disgraceful |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大逆不道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 逆转 (逆轉) | nì zhuǎn | to turn back; to reverse |
| 叛逆 | pàn nì | to rebel; to revolt |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disgraceful”.
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.