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Chinese
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millipede; the rich and powerful
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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
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rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
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| trad. (百足之蟲，死而不僵)
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百足之蟲
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，
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死
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而
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不
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僵
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| simp. (百足之虫，死而不僵)
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百足之虫
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，
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死
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而
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不
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僵
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| Literally: “a centipede does not topple over even when dead”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
百足之蟲，死而不僵
- old institutions die hard