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積重難返 (zik1 cung5 naan4 faan2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

積重難返 (zik1 cung5 naan4 faan2, jī zhòng nán fǎn) — ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 積克 (zik1 hak1) — a jacket (a loanword)
• 積加 (zik1 gaa1) — Jagger
• 積極參與 (zik1 gik6 caam1 jyu6) — Active participation
• 積積埋埋 (zik1 zik1 maai4 maai4) — (verb) pile up; stack up; accumulate
• 積陰功 (zik1 jam1 gung1) — To be charitable in order to accumulate merit of virtue; to make a point to do …
• 積 (zik1) — to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); …

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