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English

1. (proverb) someone is very stubborn; Someone is unteachable
2. A sandwich pun, whose latter part means "no matter how you light it, it won't shine"; describes a stupid and stubborn person who never understands or follows what others tell him; literally: oxhide lanternunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 歇後語──「點極唔明」；即係話一個人蠢鈍、固執，不斷提點都唔明白問題所在unreviewed?

Examples

• 你唔通係牛皮燈籠？點極唔明㗎！

  Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

• unreviewed?

  你正一牛皮燈籠嚟㗎，講到咁白你都收唔到。

  You are really stupid and stubborn like an ox-skin lantern. Everything's spelled out clearly, and you still can't get the answer.