to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
trad. 不撞南牆不回頭
Also written 不撞南牆不回頭【bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu】
Characters in this word
6不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
撞
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to knock against, to bump into, to run into, to meet by accident
- Pinyin
- zhuàng
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 1525 of 2500
南
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surname Nan
- Pinyin
- Nán
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4785 of 2500
墙
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variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]
- Pinyin
- qiáng
- Traditional
- 墻
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 3731 of 2500
回
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Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- Pinyin
- Huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 471 of 2500
头
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head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500