冥顽不灵 (míng wán bù líng) — stubbornly stupid, impenetrably thickheaded
Definition
A literary four-character idiom meaning 'obstinately dense' — calls someone both stubborn AND stupid, sharper than simply saying 笨.
idiom
stubbornly stupidimpenetrably thickheaded
Examples
- 冥顽不灵，。Tā míng wán bù líng, shuō shén me dōu méi yòng.He is stubbornly stupid; no matter what you say, it's useless.
- 冥顽不灵。Zhè zhǒng míng wán bù líng de rén gēn běn wú fǎ gōu tōng.This kind of impenetrably thickheaded person simply cannot communicate.
- 冥顽不灵，。Lǎo shī jué de tā míng wán bù líng, yǐ jīng fàng qì le.The teacher thinks he is stubbornly stupid and has given up.
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