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Chinese symbol for “menacing”

咄咄逼人
duō duō bī rén
overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for menacing is 咄咄逼人 (duō duō bī rén), defined as: overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious.

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

咄 duō
a cry of anger
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
咄
咄 duō
a cry of anger
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
逼 bī
to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 咄咄逼人.

WordPinyinMeaning
咄咄怪事duō duō guài shì(idiom) extraordinary occurrence; bizarre event
咄咄duō duōto cluck one's tongue; tut-tut
叱咄chì duōto reprimand; to berate
咄咄称奇 (咄咄稱奇)duō duō chēng qíto cluck one's tongue in wonder
逼近bī jìnto press on towards; to close in on
逼迫bī pòto force; to compel
逼真bī zhēnlifelike; true to life
逼人bī rénpressing; threatening
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “menacing”.

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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