「死雞撐飯蓋 / 死雞撑飯蓋」
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Individual Character Meaning: |
死 to die; inflexible; to fail; unable to coexist; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; literally: damned; to malfunction; to break down; very; extremely; to insist; to be stubborn 雞 chicken; a whistle 撐 to support; to expand; support; withstand; to prop; to hold against; to hang on; to hold out; to persevere; to back somebody up; to open; to fill 飯 meal; cooked rice; stupid; idiot 蓋 cover, lid; lid; cap; upper cover; a surname; to cover; to imprint; to impress |
Variants: | Variants: 死鷄撐飯蓋 、 死鷄撑飯蓋 |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to refuse to admit that oneself is at fault by arguing and defending even when the truth is obvious; literally "the dead chicken props up the lid of rice-cooker"
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