百折不挠 — Chinese idiom
百折不挠
bǎi zhé bù náo
Traditional: 百折不撓
Meaning
- to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks
- to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
- to be indomitable
Character by character
- 百bǎione hundred; numerous, many
- 折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humbl
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 挠náoto yield; to scratch, to disturb
Idioms sharing a character
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一呼百应 yī hū bǎi yìng
- 一呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò
- 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng
- 信心百倍 xìn xīn bǎi bèi
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài
- 千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài
- 千娇百媚 qiān jiāo bǎi mèi
- 千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì
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