不撞南牆不回頭

to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident

south

wall / CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

to turn round; to turn one's head / later; by and by

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns