<p>Relentless --&gt; work hard, not relent --&gt; 努力不松懈</p>
<p>I suggest a more idiomatic phrase: <strong>努力不懈</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>努力(strive: <em>make great efforts to achieve one's goal</em>)</p>
</li>
<li><p>不懈 (indefatigable: <em>of a person or their efforts persisting tirelessly.</em>)</p>
</li>
</ul>

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2022-01-24T04:54:49.810Z
Hi Tang Ho, I appreciate the response greatly. To the idiomatic phrase that you suggested, what does each character mean one by one?
Jay
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2022-01-24T09:57:29.453Z
Most of the Chinese words are two-characters compound words. Each of the four characters has multiple meanings, 努(strive)力(force)不(not)懈(relent); - 努力(strive)不懈(not relent);
Tang Ho
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I see, that makes a lot more sense to me now. When it comes to the phrase as a whole though, how would I describe the four characters all at once? Would I just say it means "Relentless" or would there be a different term instead?
Jay
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2022-01-27T06:24:25.563Z
What would I say bro?
Jay
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Tang Ho
<p>How are you relentless?</p>
<p>A relentless enemy?
A crashing bore?</p>
<blockquote>
<p>relent:  Figurative sense of &quot;become less harsh or cruel, soften in
temper&quot; is recorded from 1520s; the notion probably is of a hard heart
melting with pity.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>relentless: without relent</p>
<p>无休止: no relent<br />
不懈的: never idle<br />
毫无减弱: never soften<br />
日新月异: daily renewal, monthly change<br />
坚持不懈：persevere unremittingly</p>
<p>Tattoo tata!</p>

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Pedroski
<p>I am planning on getting a tattoo that says “Relentless” in Chinese. Would anyone here be able to tell me the correct characters? Google translate's result is 狠, which also carries the meaning of &quot;ruthless&quot;, not a very positive character</p>

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I am planning on getting a tattoo that says “Relentless” in Chinese. Would anyone here be able to tell me the correct characters?
# I am planning on getting a tattoo that says “Relentless” in Chinese. Would anyone here be able to tell me the correct characters?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-23)

I am planning on getting a tattoo that says “Relentless” in Chinese. Would anyone here be able to tell me the correct characters? Google translate's result is 狠, which also carries the meaning of "ruthless", not a very positive character

**Tags:** simplified-characters, traditional-characters

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-01-23. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Relentless --> work hard, not relent --> 努力不松懈

I suggest a more idiomatic phrase: **努力不懈**

* 努力(strive: *make great efforts to achieve one's goal*)
* 不懈 (indefatigable: *of a person or their efforts persisting tirelessly.*)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Hi Tang Ho, I appreciate the response greatly. To the idiomatic phrase that you suggested, what does each character mean one by one?  
> **username_1**: Most of the Chinese words are two-characters compound words. Each of the four characters has multiple meanings, 努(strive)力(force)不(not)懈(relent); - 努力(strive)不懈(not relent);  
> **username_0**: I see, that makes a lot more sense to me now. When it comes to the phrase as a whole though, how would I describe the four characters all at once? Would I just say it means "Relentless" or would there be a different term instead?  
> **username_0**: What would I say bro?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-01-23. Score: 0

How are you relentless?

A relentless enemy?
A crashing bore?

> relent:  Figurative sense of "become less harsh or cruel, soften in
> temper" is recorded from 1520s; the notion probably is of a hard heart
> melting with pity.

relentless: without relent

无休止: no relent  
不懈的: never idle  
毫无减弱: never soften  
日新月异: daily renewal, monthly change  
坚持不懈：persevere unremittingly

Tattoo tata!


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