坚韧不拔 — Chinese idiom
坚韧不拔
jiān rèn bù bá
Traditional: 堅韌不拔
Meaning
- firm and indomitable ; tenacious and unyielding
Character by character
- 坚jiānhard, strong; firm, resolute
- 韧rèntough, strong; pliable
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
Idioms sharing a character
- 坚不可摧 jiān bù kě cuī
- 坚壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě
- 坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 坚持不懈 jiān chí bù xiè
- 坚持不渝 jiān chí bù yú
- 坚苦卓绝 jiān kǔ zhuó jué
- 坚贞不屈 jiān zhēn bù qū
- 坚贞不渝 jiān zhēn bù yú
- 情比金坚 qíng bǐ jīn jiān
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