Chinese symbol for “vindictive”
睚眦必报
yá zì bì bào
Traditional: 睚眥必報
lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom); fig. small-minded; vindictive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vindictive is 睚眦必报 (yá zì bì bào), defined as: lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom); fig. small-minded; vindictive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 睚眦必报.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睚眦 (睚眥) | yá zì | (literary) to glare in anger; (literary) (fig.) a small grievance |
| 眦睚 (眥睚) | zì yá | see 睚眦 (yá zì) |
| 内眦 (內眥) | nèi zì | (anatomy) medial canthus; inner corner of the eye |
| 外眦 (外眥) | wài zì | (anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye |
| 目眦 | mù zì | eye socket |
| 必须 (必須) | bì xū | must; to have to |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary; essential |
| 必然 | bì rán | inevitable; certain |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vindictive”.
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.