📖 Meaning
Describes someone who is extremely stubborn and completely resistant to being reformed or influenced by persuasion. The term emphasizes an unyielding nature that cannot be moved or educated by any effort to change them.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from the Qing dynasty novel 'Continuation of the Story of the Heroic Children' (《续儿女英雄传》). In the first chapter, the narrator discusses famous green tea from Shandong and inquires whether among certain individuals there are those who can be persuaded to abandon their ways and reform. The text then asks whether there are also those who remain stubbornly unrepentant and possess formidable abilities. The phrase '梗顽不化' was used to characterize those who could not be reformed through any persuasion.
💡 Example Usage
面对劝导，他梗顽不化，丝毫听不进任何人的意见。
Faced with persuasion, he remained stubbornly unrepentant, refusing to listen to anyone's advice.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 梗顽不化
- Pinyin: gěng wán bù huà
- Literal Translation: stubborn, obstinate, not, transformed
- Category: Attitude
- Characters: 4