屢教不改

Chinese

			not; no	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
trad. (屢教不改)		屢教	不	改
simp. (屡教不改)		屡教	不	改

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚjiàobùgǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ gaau³ bat¹ goi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚjiàobùgǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔjiàobùgǎi
    • Wade–Giles: lü³-chiao⁴-pu⁴-kai³
    • Yale: lyǔ-jyàu-bù-gǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leujiawbugae
    • Palladius: люйцзяобугай (ljujczjaobugaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ gaau³ bat¹ goi²
    • Yale: léuih gaau bāt gói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ gaau³ bat⁷ goi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ gao³ bed¹ goi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ kaːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

屢教不改

1. to have been taught many times, but still do wrong anyway; to be incorrigible

   佢屢教不改㗎，明明識禮貌都唔守。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢屡教不改㗎，明明识礼貌都唔守。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ leoi⁵ gaau³ bat¹ goi² gaa³, ming⁴ ming⁴ sik¹ lai⁵ maau⁶ dou¹ m⁴ sau². [Jyutping]

   He does wrong after being taught many times; he knows politeness rules, but he doesn't follow them anyway.

   • 犯錯誤的人，除了極少數堅持錯誤、屢教不改的以外，大多數是可以改正的。 [MSC, trad.]
     犯错误的人，除了极少数坚持错误、屡教不改的以外，大多数是可以改正的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Fàn cuòwù de rén, chúle jíshǎoshù jiānchí cuòwù, lǚjiàobùgǎi de yǐwài, dàduōshù shì kěyǐ gǎizhèng de. [Pinyin]

     Except for a few who cling to their mistakes and fail to mend their ways after repeated admonition, the majority of those who have erred can correct their mistakes.

Synonyms

• 屢教屢犯／屡教屡犯
• 屢勸不改／屡劝不改
• 屢勸屢犯／屡劝屡犯
• 屢教不聽／屡教不听
• 屢勸不聽／屡劝不听