百足之虫,死而不僵
      Explanation: Baizu: insect name, also known as horse or horses Xian Lu, twelve links, cut off can still creep. Potential home Powerful metaphor, though already declining, but large forces, basic thick, is not caused entirely bankrupt.
      Usage: Complex sentence; for clause; describe the bad forces, which are not easily removed
      Source: Qing Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions," the second time: "The ancients had a saying: 'a centipede, Sierbujiang.', Though not like before now so prosperous years, compared with ordinary people in officialdom, in the end the different weather."
      Examples: Although the ancients had a saying :"~", not like the first years now so prosperous people in officialdom than usual, in the end the different weather. (Qing Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions," the second time)
  • Thesaurus:  a centipede does not topple over even when dead, To the last breath Not stiff