stubborn and willful; refusing to listen to reason or yield; pigheaded

hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding or difficult to say smoothly

to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against rules, conventions, or someone's wishes

(geology) a structural depression or downward fold in the earth's crust

to be unable to persuade someone to change their mind; unable to resist someone's stubbornness or request

A word game consisting of a sequence of words with similar sounds that are difficult to say correctly at high speed.

A herbal decoction used in Chinese medicine, made with the three untreated ingredients of ephedra, apricot kernel, and licorice root.

a type of poem that does not conform to the conventional rules of tone and rhythm in classical Chinese poetry

obstinate; recalcitrant; pigheaded

(dialect) to break something by twisting, snapping, or bending it

stubborn and obstinate; headstrong

(Taiwan colloquial) to stubbornly defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments; to talk one's way out of a situation when clearly in the wrong.