泥古不化 — Chinese idiom
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
Meaning
- conservative and unable to adapt
Character by character
- 泥nìmud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 古gǔold, classic, ancient
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 化huàto change, to convert, to reform; -ize
Idioms sharing a character
- 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
- 拖泥带水 tuō ní dài shuǐ
- 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià
- 泥牛入海 ní niú rù hǎi
- 烂醉如泥 làn zuì rú ní
- 雪泥鸿爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo
- 云泥之别 yún ní zhī bié
- 亘古不变 gèn gǔ bù biàn
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn
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