百足之虫死而不僵 (百足之蟲死而不僵)
bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng
Pinyin
Definition
百足之虫死而不僵 (百足之蟲死而不僵)
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- a centipede dies but never falls down
- old institutions die hard
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
- 2 him
- 3 her
- 4 it
- 1 to die
- 2 impassable
- 3 uncrossable
- 4 inflexible
- 5 rigid
- 6 extremely
- 7 damned
- 1 and
- 2 as well as
- 3 and so
- 4 but (not)
- 5 yet (not)
- 6 (indicates causal relation)
- 7 (indicates change of state)
- 8 (indicates contrast)
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse