不撞南墙不回头 in English bu4 zhuang4 nan2 qiang2 bu4 hui2 tou2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

不 撞 南 墙 不 回 头

Traditional Characters

不 撞 南 牆 不 回 頭

Pinyin

bu4 zhuang4 nan2 qiang2 bu4 hui2 tou2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 撞zhuang4to knock against 南nan2surname Nan 墙qiang2variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall 不bu4(negative prefix) 回hui2to circle 头tou2head