泥古不化
Traditional form:
泥古不化
Pinyin (reading):
nìgǔbùhuà
Definitions:
- conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
Characters:
- 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 古 - old, classic, ancient
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
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