| 硬拗 |
yìng ào |
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1] |
| 硬 |
yìng |
hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial |
| 拗 |
ào |
variant of 拗 |
| 拗 |
ǎo |
(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape) |
| 拗 |
ào |
(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient |
| 拗 |
niù |
stubborn; perverse; contrary |