撞東牆

Simplified: 撞东墙

zhuàngdōngqiáng ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

    • to meet a hard obstacle through stubbornness

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally
hit the east wall
Meaning
A variant of 撞南墙: to meet a hard obstacle through stubbornness.

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