頑石點頭
wán​shí​diǎn​tóu

extremely persuasive

  • created sense approved 顽石点头/頑石點頭 · wán​shí​diǎn​tóu · extremely persuasive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顽石点头 / 頑石點頭

    wán​shí​diǎn​tóu

    extremely persuasive

    (idiom) so persuasive that even a stubborn person is convinced; literally: even the stubborn stones nod their heads. This refers to a legend about a monk whose explanation of Buddhist scripture was so profound that even inanimate rocks moved in agreement.

    顽 (literal) → 顽/頑 · wán · unpolished 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 点 (literal) → 点/點 · diǎn · to nod 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head

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

    created sense