百足之虫死而不僵

Traditional: 百足之蟲死而不僵

bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng

Dictionary entry

a centipede dies but never falls down

What does 百足之虫死而不僵 mean?

百足之虫死而不僵 (bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1a centipede dies but never falls down

2old institutions die hard

Character breakdown

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百Bǎisurname Bai 足jùexcessive 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 虫chóngvariant of 蟲|虫[chong2]死sǐto die · impassable 而érand · as well as 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-僵jiāngrigid · deadlock

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百足之虫死而不僵

bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng

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