粵

一jat1成sing4不bat1變bin3

simp一成不变
jat1 sing4 bat1 bin3yī chéng bù biàn

English

  1. (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
  2. to be bigoted

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容人好固執,唔識變通,死守自己嘅成見

Examples

  • 做生意係唔可以一成不變嘅,一定要跟隨市場嘅需求而改變。

    One cannot run his business in a bigoted manner, and must change according to the market demands.

  • 世事變幻無常,人不能因循守舊、一成不變。

    Things change from time to time, and one should change with them.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你是沒創意到連每次道歉的說詞都一成不變嗎?

    Can it be that you don't have a bit of creativity, to the point of always inventing the same apology?

    Tatoeba · penelope0707 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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