死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng
sǐ ér bù jiāng
set phrase
dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; to die hard; to die yet not be vanquished
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '死而不僵')
Contained in
- 百足之虫死而不僵(百足之蟲死而不僵) a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1