Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「釘嘴鐵舌」, explained here.
Here, we present the idiom 「釘嘴鐵舌」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Describes being stubborn, refusing to admit mistakes and refusing to admit defeat.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dìng zuǐ tiě shé
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
deng1 jeui2 tit3 sit3
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