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Chinese symbol for “repulse”

打退
dǎ tuì
to beat back; to repel; to repulse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repulse is 打退 (dǎ tuì), defined as: to beat back; to repel; to repulse.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
退 tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “repulse”

WordPinyinMeaning
推斥tuī chì(physics) to repulse; repulsion

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打退.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

See also: Japanese symbol for “repulse”.

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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