刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
Pinyin

Definition

刚愎自用
 - 
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
信用
xìn yòng
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 credit (commerce)
  3. 3 trustworthiness
  4. 4 creditworthiness
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
  1. 1 credit card
备用
bèi yòng
  1. 1 reserve
  2. 2 spare
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 backup
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
好用
hǎo yòng
  1. 1 useful
  2. 2 serviceable
  3. 3 effective
  4. 4 handy
  5. 5 easy to use
家用
jiā yòng
  1. 1 home-use
  2. 2 domestic
  3. 3 family expenses
  4. 4 housekeeping money
实用
shí yòng
  1. 1 practical
  2. 2 functional
  3. 3 pragmatic
  4. 4 applied (science)
专用
zhuān yòng
  1. 1 special
  2. 2 dedicated
引用
yǐn yòng
  1. 1 to quote
  2. 2 to cite
  3. 3 to recommend
  4. 4 to appoint
  5. 5 (computing) reference

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
  1. 1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
吉人自有天相
jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng
  1. 1 Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
吐丝自缚
tǔ sī zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions

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