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顽 wán

stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
页
Traditional
頑
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 元页 ⿰元页

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  1. 他的性格非常顽固。
    Tā de xìnggé fēicháng wángù.
    His personality is very stubborn.
    his personality very stubborn
  2. 你为什么这么顽固，不肯听劝呢？
    Nǐ wèishénme zhème wángù, bù kěn tīng quàn ne?
    Why are you so stubborn, unwilling to listen to advice?
    you why so stubborn, not willing listen advice (particle) (question)
  3. 面对困难，我们要有顽强的意志。
    Miàn duì kùnnan, wǒmen yào yǒu wánqiáng de yìzhì.
    In the face of difficulties, we need a tenacious will.
    face difficulty, we should have tenacious (particle) will
  4. 他不再像以前那样顽固了。
    Tā bú zài xiàng yǐqián nàyàng wángù le.
    He's no longer as stubborn as before.
    he not again like before that-way stubborn (particle)
  5. 病重期间，他一直顽强地和病魔作斗争。
    Bìngzhòng qījiān, tā yìzhí wánqiáng de hé bìngmó zuò dòuzhēng.
    While seriously ill, he tenaciously fought against the disease the whole time.
    serious-illness period, he continuously tenacious (particle) with disease-demon make struggle

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