Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Draw a character Search 4 entries. zhíniù 执拗 stubborn zhíniù 執拗 stubborn zhíniú'ěr 执牛耳 to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) zhíniú'ěr 執牛耳 to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)