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百足之虫死而不僵

bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng

8-character word Traditional 百足之蟲死而不僵

What 百足之虫死而不僵 means

1. a centipede dies but never falls down
2. old institutions die hard

The characters in 百足之虫死而不僵

• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 僵jiāngrigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)