a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard
trad. 百足之蟲死而不僵
Also written 百足之蟲死而不僵【bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng】
Characters in this word
8百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
虫
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variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
- Pinyin
- chóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5612 of 2500
死
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to die, impassable, uncrossable, inflexible, rigid, extremely, damned
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 113 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
僵
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rigid, deadlock, stiff (corpse)
- Pinyin
- jiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 26081 of 2500