百足之蟲,死而不僵

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Chinese

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millipede; the rich and powerful
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
and; as well as; but (not)
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
not; no rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
trad. (百足之蟲,死而不僵) 百足之蟲
simp. (百足之虫,死而不僵) 百足之虫
Literally: “a centipede does not topple over even when dead”.

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百足之蟲,死而不僵

  1. old institutions die hard