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Chinese symbol for “incontrovertible”

颠扑不破
diān pū bù pò
Traditional: 顛撲不破
solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for incontrovertible is 颠扑不破 (diān pū bù pò), defined as: solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable.

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

颠 diān
peak, summit, top; to upset
radical 181 ⾴ · 16 strokes
扑 pū
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
破 pò
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
radical 112 ⽯ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 颠扑不破.

WordPinyinMeaning
颠覆 (顛覆)diān fùto topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize
颠倒 (顛倒)diān dǎoto turn upside down; to reverse
颠簸 (顛簸)diān bǒto be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
神魂颠倒 (神魂顛倒)shén hún diān dǎolit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated
颠倒黑白 (顛倒黑白)diān dǎo hēi báilit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts
颠沛流离 (顛沛流離)diān pèi liú líhomeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
扑克 (撲克)pū kèpoker (game) (loanword); playing cards
扑灭 (撲滅)pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
不是bù shìno; is not
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage

See also: Japanese symbol for “incontrovertible”.

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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