钉子户

釘子戶
dīngzihù
noun #40,233

Meanings

  1. 1 holdout who refuses to move out for demolition
  2. 2 nail house
  3. 3 stubborn holdout

Examples

HSK 5
Zhěng tiáo jiē dōu chāi le, zhǐ shèngxià yí ge dīngzihù.
The whole street has been torn down; only one holdout is left.
HSK 6
Tā shì gōngsī lǐ yǒumíng de dīngzihù, zěnme quàn dōu bù kěn huàn gǎngwèi.
He's the company's notorious holdout: however hard you try to persuade him, he won't change jobs.

Tips

culture
Picture a single house left standing like a nail in a cleared building site. The most famous case was a house in 重庆 in 2007, left perched on a pillar of earth in the middle of a deep construction pit.

Stroke Order

钉 dīng
子 zǐ
户 hù