百足之蟲，死而不僵

Chinese

		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	，	死	而	不	僵
simp. (百足之虫，死而不僵)		百足之虫	，	死	而	不	僵
Literally: “a centipede does not topple over even when dead”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎizúzhīchóng, sǐ'érbùjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄔㄨㄥˊ , ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zuk¹ zi¹ cung⁴, sei² ji⁴ bat¹ goeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎizúzhīchóng, sǐ'érbùjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄔㄨㄥˊ , ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎizújhihchóng, sǐh-érbùjiang
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-tsu²-chih¹-chʻung², ssŭ³-êrh²-pu⁴-chiang¹
  - Yale: bǎi-dzú-jr̄-chúng-, sž-ér-bù-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baetzwujychorng, syyerlbujiang
  - Palladius: байцзучжичун, сыэрбуцзян (bajczučžičun, syerbuczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ zuk¹ zi¹ cung⁴, sei² ji⁴ bat¹ goeng¹
  - Yale: baak jūk jī chùhng, séi yìh bāt gēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzuk⁷ dzi¹ tsung⁴, sei² ji⁴ bat⁷ goeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ zug¹ ji¹ cung⁴, séi² yi⁴ bed¹ gêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sei̯³⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

百足之蟲，死而不僵

old institutions die hard

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