死而不僵

sǐ ér bù jiāng

Meaning

dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; to die hard (idiom); to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)

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死sǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible歹匕而érand, and then, and yet; but 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一僵jiāngstill, stiff, motionless亻畺