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

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.

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