大丈夫能屈能伸
Traditional form:
大丈夫能屈能伸
Pinyin (reading):
dàzhàngfunéngqūnéngshēn
Definitions:
- A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
- ready to give and take
- flexible
Characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 丈 - gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
- 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
- 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
- 屈 - to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
- 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
- 伸 - to extend, to stretch out, to open up; to trust
Traditional characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 丈 - gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
- 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
- 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
- 屈 - to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
- 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
- 伸 - to extend, to stretch out, to open up; to trust