"Ruthless" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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 / 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 | |
| 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 | |
