大丈夫能屈能伸

dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn

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Definitions

1. A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
2. ready to give and take
3. flexible

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Child Words of 大丈夫能屈能伸

• 丈夫 丈夫 zhàng fu: husband
• 伸 伸 shēn: to stretch
• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 能 能 néng: can
• 丈 丈 zhàng: measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
• 大丈夫 大丈夫 dà zhàng fu: a manly man
• 夫 夫 fū: husband
• 夫 夫 fú: (classical) this, that
• 屈 屈 qū: bent
• 能屈能伸 能屈能伸 néng qū néng shēn: can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take