不撞南墙不回头

Traditional form:

不撞南牆不回頭

Pinyin (reading):

bùzhuàngnánqiángbùhuítóu

Definitions:

• to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 墙 - wall
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 牆 - wall
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top