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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有过之而无不及.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only 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 rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; 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 fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; 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.