Chinese symbol for “indefatigable”
不懈
bù xiè
untiring; unremitting; indefatigable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indefatigable is 不懈 (bù xiè), defined as: untiring; unremitting; indefatigable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “indefatigable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不懈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 坚持不懈 (堅持不懈) | jiān chí bù xiè | (idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end |
| 懈怠 | xiè dài | slack; lazy |
| 松懈 (鬆懈) | sōng xiè | to relax; to relax efforts |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indefatigable”.
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.