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Chinese symbol for “sabotage”

破坏活动
pò huài huó dòng
Traditional: 破壞活動
sabotage; subversive activities

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sabotage is 破坏活动 (pò huài huó dòng), defined as: sabotage; subversive activities.

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

破 pò
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
radical 112 ⽯ · 10 strokes
坏 huài
bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes
活 huó
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sabotage”

WordPinyinMeaning
捣毁 (搗毀)dǎo huǐto destroy; to smash

Related words

Other words that share a character with 破坏活动.

WordPinyinMeaning
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage
突破tū pòto break through; to make a breakthrough
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
破产 (破產)pò chǎnto go bankrupt; to become impoverished
破解pò jiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
坏人 (壞人)huài rénbad person; villain
坏事 (壞事)huài shìbad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise

See also: Japanese symbol for “sabotage”.

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.