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  • (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
  • (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
  • stubborn; perverse; contrary
Trad. 抝
  • variant of 拗[ao4]
Trad. 違拗
  • to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
  • (Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu])
  • Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
  • hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding
Trad. 拗斷
  • (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
Trad. 執拗
  • stubborn; willful; pigheaded
  • Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
Trad. 拗不過
  • can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)

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