百足之虫死而不僵 百足之蟲死而不僵
bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng
释义
a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard
汉字
百bǎione hundred; numerous, many一白足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough口之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶虫chónginsect, worm; mollusk中死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