刚愎自用 — Chinese idiom
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
Traditional: 剛愎自用
Meaning
- obstinate and self-opinionated
Character by character
- 刚gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 愎bìstubborn, obstinate, headstrong
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
Idioms sharing a character
- 以柔克刚 yǐ róu kè gāng
- 刚柔并济 gāng róu bìng jì
- 刚毅木讷 gāng yì mù nè
- 血气方刚 xuè qì fāng gāng
- 金刚怒目 jīn gāng nù mù
- 不敢自专 bù gǎn zì zhuān
- 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
- 不言自明 bù yán zì míng
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
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