僵直 (jiāng zhí) — stiff, rigid (physically or figuratively)

Definition

Examples

• 在寒风中站了两个小时，他的腿几乎僵直了。
  Zài hán fēng zhōng zhàn le liǎng gè xiǎo shí, tā de tuǐ jī hū jiāng zhí le.
  After standing in the cold wind for two hours, his legs were almost stiff.
• 那具尸体已经完全僵直了。
  Nà jù shī tǐ yǐ jīng wán quán jiāng zhí le.
  That corpse was already completely stiff.
• 他的思想太僵直了，从来不接受新看法。
  Tā de sī xiǎng tài jiāng zhí le, cóng lái bù jiē shòu xīn kàn fǎ.
  His thinking is too rigid; he never accepts new perspectives.

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