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Chinese symbol for “offhand”

大大咧咧
dà dà liē liē
(idiom) carefree; offhand; casual

The closest CC-CEDICT match for offhand is 大大咧咧 (dà dà liē liē), defined as: (idiom) carefree; offhand; casual.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
大
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
咧 liē
to grimace, to grin
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes
咧
咧 liē
to grimace, to grin
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “offhand”

WordPinyinMeaning
轻率 (輕率)qīng shuàicavalier; offhand

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大大咧咧.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
咧嘴liě zuǐto draw back the corners of one's mouth (as when smiling, grimacing, or snarling)
骂骂咧咧 (罵罵咧咧)mà ma liē liēto swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
龇牙咧嘴 (齜牙咧嘴)zī yá liě zuǐ(idiom) to make a pained or menacing facial expression; to grimace; to snarl

See also: Japanese symbol for “offhand”.

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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