执迷不悟 — Chinese idiom
执迷不悟
zhí mí bù wù
Traditional: 執迷不悟
Meaning
- to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way
Character by character
- 执zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze,
- 迷míto bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuated
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 悟wùto apprehend, to realize, to become aware
Idioms sharing a character
- 仗义执言 zhàng yì zhí yán
- 各执一词 gè zhí yī cí
- 各执己见 gè zhí jǐ jiàn
- 执法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān
- 择善固执 zé shàn gù zhí
- 目眩神迷 mù xuàn shén mí
- 目迷五色 mù mí wǔ sè
- 破除迷信 pò chú mí xìn
- 纸醉金迷 zhǐ zuì jīn mí
- 财迷心窍 cái mí xīn qiào
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