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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǚjiàobùgǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leujiawbu4gae
  - IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵ gaau³ bat¹ goi²
  - Yale: léuih gaau bāt gói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ gaau³ bat⁷ goi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ gao³ bed¹ goi²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ kɑːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

屢教不改

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.

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

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