He is inflexible

He is inflexible

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ò Q ū B ù sh ē n, which means to bend like an inchworm and can't stretch; it refers to people who don't succeed. From preface to qitianxia manuscript.

The origin of Idioms

In the preface of Qi Tian Xia manuscript written by Dai Mingshi in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "the scholars of all the students also ate more poverty and suffered more hardship, but they were unable to stretch out."

Idiom usage

Combined; predicate; derogatory.