泥古不化

nì gǔ bù huà

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Definitions

  1. 1. conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)

Child Words of 泥古不化

不
bù

no; not so

化
huà

to make into

古
gǔ

ancient

泥
ní

mud

泥
nì

restrained

泥古
nì gǔ

stick-in-the-mud