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泥古

nì gǔ

2-character word

What 泥古 means

1. stick-in-the-mud
2. to stick to old ways
3. stubbornly conservative

The characters in 泥古

• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-

Words starting with 泥古

• 泥古不化nì gǔ bù huàconservative and unable to adapt (idiom)

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