stubborn / perverse / contrary
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(dialect) to twist / to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
(bound form) intractable / contrary / disobedient
can't persuade / unable to make (sb) change their mind / unable to resist (sb)
hard to pronounce / awkward-sounding
tongue twister
san'ao decoction (TCM)
stubborn / willful / pigheaded / Taiwan pr. []
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. []
to disobey / to defy / to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27