冥顽不化 — “Obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason or advice”
冥顽不化 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason or advice”. Stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas. Literally, “Stubbornly dull and unchangeable”.
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冥顽不化 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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他对新思想总是冥顽不化，很难接受新鲜事物。
He is always stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas, finding it difficult to accept anything novel.
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- míng冥sī思kǔ苦suǒ索ponder deeply and exhaustively
- míng冥zhāo昭méng瞢àn暗primordial chaos of indistinguishable light and darkness
- míng冥zhāo昭méng瞢àn闇primordial chaos and darkness
- míng冥mò漠zhī之xiāng乡remote unseen realm or profound transcendent state
- míng冥mò漠zhī之dōu都netherworld or celestial abode
- míng冥rán然wù兀zuò坐sit quietly in absorbed stillness
- míng冥xíng行zhì擿zhí埴groping for knowledge blindly
- míng冥xíng行máng盲suǒ索act blindly, grope in the dark
- míng冥wán顽bù不líng灵stubbornly ignorant and unresponsive
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What does 冥顽不化 mean?
冥顽不化 (míng wán bú huà) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason or advice”.
How do you pronounce 冥顽不化?
冥顽不化 is pronounced míng wán bú huà in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 冥顽不化 literally mean?
Literally, 冥顽不化 means “Stubbornly dull and unchangeable”. It is used to mean “Obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason or advice”.
What is the Chinese definition of 冥顽不化?
冥顽：昏庸顽钝，愚钝无知。指人十分愚钝不开窍