执拗 zhíniù stubborn; implacability Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents zhíniù stubborn; implacability 执 執 zhí adjectiveverb to persist to persist in; to stick to a certain view or opinion拗 niù stubborn obstinate or perverse; describes a person's temperament as fixed and unwilling to changezhíniù to block 执 執 zhí to block (literary) to block; to obstruct; to keep out拗 ào contrary (bound form) to go against or to be contrary or disobedient