柳やなぎに雪ゆき折おれなし

expression

the soft may prove more durable than the hard

Proverb meaning that flexibility and yielding can overcome rigidity and strength, just as a willow branch bends under snow without breaking.

• 「柳やなぎに雪ゆき折おれなし」というように、時ときには柔じゅう軟なんさが強つよさになることもある。

  As the saying goes, 'the willow does not break under snow'; sometimes flexibility can be a strength.