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Open the tool →久束湿薪 (jiǔ shù shī xīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Stubbornly conservative and resistant to new ideas or changes”.
久束湿薪 is pronounced jiǔ shù shī xīn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 久束湿薪 means “long-bound wet firewood”. It is used to mean “Stubbornly conservative and resistant to new ideas or changes”.
长期捆着的潮湿柴草。比喻思想保守,不易接受新事物。