冥顽不灵 — Chinese idiom
冥顽不灵
míng wán bù líng
Traditional: 冥頑不靈
Meaning
- pigheaded
Character by character
- 冥míngdark, gloomy, night; deep
- 顽wánstubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 灵língspirit, soul; spiritual world
Idioms sharing a character
- 苦思冥想 kǔ sī míng xiǎng
- 风雨晦冥 fēng yǔ huì míng
- 负隅顽抗 fù yú wán kàng
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
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