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大丈夫能屈能伸
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Definitions
- 1. A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
- 2. ready to give and take
- 3. flexible
Child Words of 大丈夫能屈能伸
man
bent
can
(classical) this, that
big; large; great
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take
a manly man
to stretch
see 大夫[dài fu]
husband