宁折不弯
nìng​zhé​bù​wān

better to break than to bend

  • created sense approved 宁折不弯/寧折不彎 · nìng​zhé​bù​wān · better to break than to bend — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宁折不弯 / 寧折不彎

    nìng​zhé​bù​wān

    better to break than to bend

    better to break than to bend; used to describe an adamant person who would rather die or suffer than yield or compromise

    níng​zhé​bù​wān

    宁 (literal) → 宁/寧 · nìng · would rather 折 (literal) → 折 · zhé · to break 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 弯 (literal) → 弯/彎 · wān · to bend

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense