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凿死卯子

záo sǐ mǎo zi

4-character word Traditional 鑿死卯子

What 凿死卯子 means

1. variant of {凿死铆子|záo sǐ mǎo zi}

The characters in 凿死卯子

• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 卯mǎomortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Sounds the same

Read záo sǐ mǎo zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凿死铆子(dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible