百足之虫死而不僵

bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng

定義

1. a centipede dies but never falls down

百足之虫死而不僵 の構成語

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 僵 jiāng: rigid
• 死 sǐ: to die
• 百 bǎi: hundred
• 而 ér: and
• 足 jù: excessive
• 足 zú: foot
• 死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng: dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis
• 百足 bǎi zú: centipede
• 虫 chóng: lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures