泥古不化 (nì gǔ bù huà) | Meaning: conservative and unable to adapt (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) · to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject食古不化shí gǔ bù huà

(idiom) to continue in the same old rut · diehard conservative attitudes因循守旧yīn xún shǒu jiù

obstinate · stubborn · to fixate on · to cling to固执gù zhí

conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)