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For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「榆木腦袋」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

A metaphor for stubborn thinking. Also known as “elm head”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yú mù nǎo dài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu4 muk6 nou5 doi6

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