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Chinese symbol for “relentless”

毫不留情
háo bù liú qíng
to show no quarter; ruthless; relentless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for relentless is 毫不留情 (háo bù liú qíng), defined as: to show no quarter; ruthless; relentless.

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

毫 háo
fine hair; measure of length; one-thousandth
radical 82 ⽑ · 11 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
留 liú
to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message;
radical 102 ⽥ · 10 strokes
情 qíng
emotion, feeling, sentiment
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “relentless”

WordPinyinMeaning
不辍 (不輟)bù chuòincessant; relentless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 毫不留情.

WordPinyinMeaning
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
毫米háo mǐmillimeter
丝毫 (絲毫)sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit
毫不háo bùhardly; not in the least
毫无疑问 (毫無疑問)háo wú yí wèncertainty; without a doubt
毫克háo kèmilligram
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
留下liú xiàto leave behind; to stay behind
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “relentless”.

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.