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桀骜不逊

jié ào bù xùn

4-character word Traditional 桀驁不遜

What 桀骜不逊 means

1. variant of {桀骜不驯|jié ào bù xùn}

The characters in 桀骜不逊

• 桀jié(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 骜àoa noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 逊xùnto abdicate; modest; yielding

Sounds the same

Read jié ào bù xùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 桀骜不驯arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding