Definition
咬定 literally means 'bite firmly', but is used figuratively to mean insisting on a statement or goal with determination, often in legal or confrontational contexts. It conveys a sense of stubbornness or unwavering resolve, similar to 'to insist stubbornly' or 'to assert emphatically'.
v.
to assert emphaticallyto insist (often stubbornly)
Examples
- 咬定。Tā yǎo dìng zhè jiàn shì bú shì tā zuò de.He insisted that he didn't do it.
- 咬定。Jǐngfāng yǎo dìng xiányírén jiù shì xiōngshǒu.The police asserted emphatically that the suspect is the murderer.
- 咬定，。Tā yǎo dìng mùbiāo, yídìng yào kǎo dào dì yī míng.She set her mind on the goal and insisted on getting first place.
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