We have many options to create artwork with Undaunted characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
Quick links to words on this page...
Undaunted After Repeated SetbacksPersistence to overcome all challenges
bǎi zhé bù náo hyaku setsu su tou 백절불요 ![]() ![]() This phrase means "Be undaunted in the face of repeated setbacks". See Also... Tenacity | Fortitude | Strength | Perseverance ![]() This single-character means diligence or "sense of duty" in Chinese and Korean (also understood in Japanese, but not commonly-seen as a stand-alone Kanji). See Also... Tenacity ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This literally means "fear nothing", but it's the closest thing in Chinese to the phrase "fear no man" which many of you have requested. This would also be the way to say "fear nobody" and can also be translated simply as "undaunted". The first character means "strong", "solid", "firm", "unyielding" or "resolute". This is the short form of a longer Chinese word, and also a word used in Korean and Japanese to express the idea of being indomitable. It literally means, "will not bend", "will not crouch", "will not yield", "will not flinch", or "will not submit". ![]() This is a long word by Chinese standards. At least it is often translated as a single word into English. This simply means "Indomitable" or "Unyielding". ![]() This Korean word means "indomitable spirit", at least, that is the way it is commonly translated in martial arts circles (Taekwondo, Hapkido, etc). ![]() ![]() The first character means "eternal" or "forever", the second means "not" (together they mean "never"). The last two characters mean "give up" or "abandon". Altogether, you can translate this phrase as "never give up" or "never abandon". ![]() ![]() This literally means "No Fear". But perhaps not the most natural Chinese phrase (see our other "No Fear" phrase for a more complete thought). However, this two-character version of "No Fear" seems to be a very popular way to translate this into Chinese, when we checked Chinese Google. See Also... Never Give Up | No Worries | Bravery | Courage | Fear No Man This is the simplest way to express perseverance in Chinese and Korean Hanja. Taekwondo Tenets / Spirit of Taekwon-do
tái quán dào jīng shén lǐ yì lián chǐ rěn nài kè jǐ bǎi zhé bù qū 태권도정신예의염치인내극기백절불굴 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "medium size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Japanese Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Undaunted After Repeated Setbacks | 百折不挠 百折不撓 | hyaku setsu su tou hyakusetsusutou hyaku setsu su to | bǎi zhé bù náo bai zhe bu nao pai che pu nao | bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2 baizhebunao |
| Diligence | 勤 勤 | kin | qín qin ch`in | qin2 qin chin chin |
| Fear No Man / Fear Nothing | 无所畏惧 無所畏懼 | n/a | wú suǒ wèi jù wu suo wei ju wu so wei chü | wu2 suo3 wei4 ju4 wusuoweiju |
| Perseverance / Fortitude | 坚忍 堅忍 | ken nin kennin | jiǎn rěn jian ren chien jen | jian3 ren3 jianren |
| Indomitable / Persistence / Fortitude | 不屈 不屈 | fukutsu | bù qū bu qu pu ch`ü | bu4 qu1 buqu puchü pu chü |
| Indomitable / Unyielding | 不屈不挠 不屈不撓 | fukutsu futou fukutsufutou fukutsu futo | bù qū bù náo bu qu bu nao pu ch`ü pu nao | bu4 qu1 bu4 nao2 buqubunao puchüpunao pu chü pu nao |
| Indomitable Spirit (Korean) | 百折不屈 百折不屈 | n/a | bǎi shé bù qū bai she bu qu pai she pu ch`ü | bai3 she2 bu4 qu1 baishebuqu paishepuchü pai she pu chü |
| Never Give Up | 永不放弃 永不放棄 | n/a | yǒng bù fàng qì yong bu fang qi yung pu fang ch`i | yong3 bu4 fang4 qi4 yongbufangqi yungpufangchi yung pu fang chi |
| No Fear | 无畏 無畏 | mui | wú wèi wu wei | wu2 wei4 wuwei |
| Perseverance | 毅 毅 | see note seenote se note | yì yi i | yi4 yi |
| Taekwondo Tenets / Spirit of Taekwon-do | 跆拳道精神礼义廉耻忍耐克己百折不屈 跆拳道精神禮義廉耻忍耐克己百折不屈 | n/a | tái quán dào jīng shén lǐ yì lián chǐ rěn nài kè jǐ bǎi zhé bù qū tai quan dao jing shen li yi lian chi ren nai ke ji bai zhe bu qu t`ai ch`üan tao ching shen li i lien ch`ih jen nai k`o chi pai che pu ch`ü | tai2 quan2 dao4 jing1 shen2 li3 yi4 lian2 chi3 ren3 nai4 ke4 ji3 bai3 zhe2 bu4 qu1 tai chüan tao ching shen li i lien chih jen nai ko chi pai che pu chü |
If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why I spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "Undaunted" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.
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