百足之蟲，至死不僵

Chinese
millipede; the rich and powerful
 
arrive; most; to; until
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 not; no rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
trad. (百足之蟲，至死不僵) 百足之蟲 ， 至 死 不 僵
simp. (百足之虫，至死不僵) 百足之虫 ， 至 死 不 僵

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎizúzhīchóng, zhìsǐbùjiāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄓˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: bǎizúzhīchóng, zhìsǐbùjiāng
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄥˊ, ㄓˋ ㄙˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baetzwujychorng, jyhsyybujiang
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎizújhihchóng, jhìhsǐhbùjiang
      • IPA (key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

百足之蟲，至死不僵

  1. Synonym of 百足之蟲，死而不僵／百足之虫，死而不僵 (bǎizúzhīchóng, sǐ'érbùjiāng, “old institutions die hard”).
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