88/ 100
What a Japanese person actually thinksFormal and genuinely impressive — the register of a school motto or a calligraphy scroll in a dojo. Reads as earned.
Meaning
- Literally
- hundred + breaks + not + bending
- Actually
- Refusing to bend no matter how many times you're broken. A classical four-character idiom.
Scores
Naturalness●●●●●
Established yojijukugo, though less everyday than 七転び八起き.
Coolness●●●●●
Four dense characters with a strong story. Says the same thing as the common proverbs but with far more force.
Watch out
- low撓 is a 15-stroke character. Size accordingly.
On skin
百折不撓
Orientation: vertical
Mincho, vertical, generous size.