桀驁不馴

桀骜不驯
jié'àobùxùn

wild; intractable; stubborn; obstinate and unruly

Wiktionary

Homographs

桀驁不馴 jiéàobùxùn
  1. arrogant and obstinate (idiom)
  2. unyielding

Entry Composition

1 桀驁 jié'ào
  1. (literary) tyrannical and haughty
  2. tyrannical and haughty
2 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
3 馴 xùn
  1. to attain gradually
  2. to tame
  3. Taiwan pr. xún