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Chinese symbol for “failed”

吹了
chuī le
failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for failed is 吹了 (chuī le), defined as: failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship).

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

吹 chuī
to blow, to puff; to brag, to boast
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
了 le
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吹了.

WordPinyinMeaning
鼓吹gǔ chuīto agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
吹嘘 (吹噓)chuī xūto brag
吹牛chuī niúto talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
吹捧chuī pěngto flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments
吹箫 (吹簫)chuī xiāoto play the xiao 箫 (xiāo), a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吴市吹箫 (wú shì chuī xiāo))
吹奏chuī zòuto play (wind instruments)
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out

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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