| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo | ![]() |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people | ![]() |
| 一味 | yī wèi | persistently / stubbornly / blindly | ![]() |
| 硬是 | yìng shì | just / simply / stubbornly / really | ![]() |
| 一意 | yī yì | focus / with complete devotion / stubbornly | ![]() |
| 抱定 | bào dìng | to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly | ![]() |
| 偏 | piān | to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations | ![]() |
| 不撞南墙不回头 | bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu | to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom) | ![]() |
| 株守 | zhū shǒu | to stick to sth stubbornly / never let go | ![]() |
| 泥古 | nì gǔ | stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative | ![]() |
| 没苦硬吃 | méi kǔ - yìng chī | (neologism c. 2024) to stubbornly endure hardships that need not be endured / to go out of one's way to make things difficult for oneself | ![]() |
| 负隅顽抗 | fù yú - wán kàng | (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded / to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat | ![]() |
