"Ruthless" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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残忍 cán rěn cruel / mean / merciless / ruthless
无情 wú qíng pitiless / ruthless / merciless / heartless
凶险 xiōng xiǎn dangerous / ruthless / treacherous
残暴 cán bào brutal / vicious / ruthless
严酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition)
歹毒 dǎi dú vicious / ruthless / malevolent
暴戾 bào lì ruthless
赶尽杀绝 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless
杀人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
狠 hěn ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3]
酷 kù ruthless / strong (e.g. of wine) / (loanword) cool / hip
如狼似虎 rú láng sì hǔ lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless
毫不留情 háo bù liú qíng to show no quarter / ruthless / relentless
伭 Xián (literary) cruel / ruthless / (literary) dark red / black
恶辣 è là ruthless
吃人不吐骨头 chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu ruthless / vicious and greedy
狠绝 hěn jué ruthless
暴戾恣睢 bào lì - zì suī (idiom) cruel / ruthless / tyrannical
黑心 hēi xīn ruthless and lacking in conscience / vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy / black core (flaw in pottery)
枭雄 xiāo xióng ambitious and ruthless character / formidable person
老辣 lǎo là shrewd and ruthless / efficient and unscrupulous
绵里藏针 mián lǐ cáng zhēn lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
戾 lì to bend / to violate / to go against / ruthless and tyrannical
无情无义 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless
无毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless.
心毒手辣 xīn dú shǒu là vicious and ruthless
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