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Chinese symbol for “outdo”

有过之而无不及
yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí
Traditional: 有過之而無不及
not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom); to surpass; to outdo; (derog.) to be even worse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outdo is 有过之而无不及 (yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí), defined as: not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom); to surpass; to outdo; (derog.) to be even worse.

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

有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
过 guò
pass; to go across, to pass through
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
之 zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, t
radical 4 ⼃ · 4 strokes
而 ér
and, and then, and yet; but
radical 126 ⽽ · 6 strokes
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
及 jí
to extend; to reach; and; in time
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有过之而无不及.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
不是bù shìno; is not
以及yǐ jíand; as well as

See also: Japanese symbol for “outdo”.

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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