yáo​yáo​yì​quē

unyielding integrity is easily damaged

  • created sense approved 峣峣易缺/嶢嶢易缺 · yáo​yáo​yì​quē · unyielding integrity is easily damaged — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    峣峣易缺 / 嶢嶢易缺

    yáo​yáo​yì​quē

    unyielding integrity is easily damaged

    (literary) uncompromisingly high standards or upright characters are easily undermined; people of high integrity often find it difficult to be accepted by the world and are prone to misfortune or being targeted

    峣峣 (reduplication) → 峣/嶢 · yáo · lofty 易 (literal) → 易 · yì · easy 缺 (literal) → 缺 · quē · incomplete

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

    created sense