刚戾自用
gāng​lì​zì​yòng

obstinate and headstrong

  • created sense approved 刚戾自用/剛戾自用 · gāng​lì​zì​yòng · obstinate and headstrong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刚戾自用 / 剛戾自用

    gāng​lì​zì​yòng

    obstinate and headstrong

    stubborn and perverse; set in one's ways and refusing to listen to advice from others

    刚 (literal) → 刚/剛 · gāng · resolute 戾 (literal) → 戾 · lì · tyrannical 自用 (literal) → 自用 · zì​yòng · opinionated

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

    created sense