能屈能伸

néng qū néng shēn

Meaning

can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take; flexible

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能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy厶⺼匕匕屈qūto bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched尸出伸shēnto extend, to stretch out, to open up; to trust亻申