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桀骜不驯

jié ào bù xùn

4-character word Traditional 桀驁不馴

What 桀骜不驯 means

1. arrogant and obstinate (idiom)
2. unyielding

The characters in 桀骜不驯

• 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-
• 驯xùnto attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. xún

Sounds the same

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

• 桀骜不逊variant of 桀骜不驯