zhí​niù

stubborn; implacability

  • created sense approved 执拗/執拗 · zhí​niù · stubborn; implacability — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    执拗 / 執拗

    zhí​niù

    stubborn; implacability

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

    zhí'ào

    执 (literal) → 执/執 · zhí · to persist 拗 (literal) → 拗 · niù · stubborn

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  • created sense approved 执拗/執拗 · zhí​niù · to block — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    执拗 / 執拗

    zhí​niù

    to block

    (literary) to block or hold someone back

    zhí'ào

    执 (literal) → 执/執 · zhí · to block 拗 (literal) → 拗 · ào · contrary

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

    created sense