各执一词
gè​zhí​yī​cí

to each stick to their own story

  • created sense approved 各执一词/各執一詞 · gè​zhí​yī​cí · to each stick to their own story — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    各执一词 / 各執一詞

    gè​zhí​yī​cí

    to each stick to their own story

    (idiom) each person insists on their own version of events; a disagreement where both sides refuse to compromise or reach a consensus

    gè​zhí​yì​cí

    各 (literal) → 各 · gè · separately 执 (literal) → 执/執 · zhí · to persist 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · same 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · speech

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

    created sense