冥顽不灵 (míng wán bú) — stubbornly stupid, impenetrably thickheaded

Definición

A literary four-character idiom meaning 'obstinately dense' — calls someone both stubborn AND stupid, sharper than simply saying 笨.

idiom
stubbornly stupidimpenetrably thickheaded

Ejemplos

  • 冥顽不灵
    Tā míng wán bú, 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 bú 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 bú, yǐ jīng fàng qì le.
    The teacher thinks he is stubbornly stupid and has given up.

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