不 撞 南 墙 不 回 头

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóudictionary entry

to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

不撞南牆不回頭 不撞南墙不回头 [bu4 zhuang4 nan2 qiang2 bu4 hui2 tou2] /to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 不撞南牆不回頭

不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
撞
zhuàng
to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident
南
nā
used in 南無|南无[nā mó] / Taiwan pr. [ná]
nán
south
Nán
surname Nan
墙
qiáng
wall (CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bèi qiáng])
不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
回
huí
to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to return / to revolve
Huí
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
头
tóu
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]
tou
suffix for nouns

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