胶柱鼓瑟 jiāozhùgǔsè stubborn and unadaptable Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 胶柱鼓瑟 膠柱鼓瑟 jiāozhùgǔsè stubborn and unadaptable To be stubborn or inflexible; refers to sticking to old ways and being unable to adapt to changing circumstances. Literally, to glue the tuning bridges of a zither so that the pitch cannot be adjusted. Frequency Written text 0.017 per million Cross-References Referenced by 刻舟求剑 kèzhōuqiújiànSynonym 食古不化 shígǔbùhuà Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
胶柱鼓瑟 膠柱鼓瑟 jiāozhùgǔsè stubborn and unadaptable To be stubborn or inflexible; refers to sticking to old ways and being unable to adapt to changing circumstances. Literally, to glue the tuning bridges of a zither so that the pitch cannot be adjusted. Frequency Written text 0.017 per million Cross-References Referenced by 刻舟求剑 kèzhōuqiújiànSynonym 食古不化 shígǔbùhuà Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
