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大丈夫能屈能伸

dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn

7-character word

What 大丈夫能屈能伸 means

1. A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
2. ready to give and take
3. flexible

The characters in 大丈夫能屈能伸

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 丈zhàngmeasure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend

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