不撞南墙不回头

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

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

不

bù

no; not so

撞

zhuàng

to knock against

南

nán

south

墙

qiáng

wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])

不

bù

no; not so

回

huí

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

头

tóu

head