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百baak3足zuk1之zi1蟲cung4死sei2而ji4不bat1僵goeng1

simp百足之虫死而不僵
baak3 zuk1 zi1 cung4 sei2 ji4 bat1 goeng1inferredbǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng

English

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

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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