执迷不悟

zhí mí bù wù

to stubbornly stick to a wrong path

Character by character

执zhí
cling

迷mí
delusion

不bù
not

悟wù
wake

大家都劝过他，可他还是执迷不悟。

Everyone tried to talk him round, but he still won't see sense.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Opposite: 迷途知返, realising you are lost and turning back.

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