不撞南墙不回头
bù​zhuàng​nán​qiáng​bù​huí​tóu

to be headstrong

  • created sense approved 不撞南墙不回头/不撞南牆不回頭 · bù​zhuàng​nán​qiáng​bù​huí​tóu · to be headstrong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不撞南墙不回头 / 不撞南牆不回頭

    bù​zhuàng​nán​qiáng​bù​huí​tóu

    to be headstrong

    to stubbornly insist on one's own way until one meets with failure; literally to not turn back until hitting the southern wall

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 撞 (literal) → 撞 · zhuàng · to bump against 南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 回头 (literal) → 回头/回頭 · huí​tóu · to return

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense