坚忍不拔

Traditional form:

堅忍不拔

Pinyin (reading):

jiānrěnbùbá

Definitions:

• fortitude

Characters:

• 坚 - hard, strong; firm, resolute
• 忍 - to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

Traditional characters:

• 堅 - hard, strong; firm, resolute
• 忍 - to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote