固执己见
gù zhí jǐ jiàn
to cling stubbornly to one’s own opinion
Character by character
固gù
firmly
firmly
执zhí
hold
hold
己jǐ
own
own
见jiàn
view
view
Example
大家都劝他换个办法，他却固执己见，结果损失了一大笔钱。
Everyone urged him to try another way, but he clung to his own idea and ended up losing a lot of money.
Tone: negative (criticism).
Usage and origin
固执 here is a verb, “to cling to”; on its own it is more often the adjective “stubborn”. Always critical: 不要固执己见, 一味固执己见. The opposite is to listen with an open mind, 虚心听取别人的意见.
Learn this in Lesson 49 · HSK 5–6: 代沟 (The generation gap)
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