屡教不改

屢教不改
lǚjiàobùgǎi
idiom #59,206

Meanings

  1. 1 to refuse to mend one's ways despite repeated admonition
  2. 2 incorrigible
  3. 3 unrepentant

Examples

Tā lǚjiàobùgǎi, zuìhòu bèi xuéxiào kāichú le.
He refused to mend his ways despite repeated warnings, and was finally expelled from school.
Duì zhè zhǒng lǚjiàobùgǎi de wéifǎ xíngwéi bìxū yánchéng.
Such repeatedly unrepentant illegal behavior must be severely punished.

Tips

usage
Strongly negative — used for habitual offenders, problem students, or recidivists. Often paired with (repeatedly offending). Do not use lightly for minor slip-ups.
mistakes
here is read jiào (to teach / instruction), not jiāo. The idiom means 'repeatedly taught but not changing', not 'repeatedly changing teachers'.

Stroke Order

jiāo
gǎi