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百折不撓 (hyakusetsufutou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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とう
の
精せい
神しん
が
、
ついに
難なん
事じ
業ぎょう
を
成せい
功こう
さ
せ
た
。
His unyielding spirit finally brought the difficult project to success.
If you keep making indefatigable efforts, your dream will come true someday.
Related words 不ふ 撓とう 不ふ 屈くつ Very similar in meaning; both express unyielding perseverance. 百折不撓 emphasizes repeated failures (百折) while 不撓不屈 focuses on the unbending spirit itself.
七しち 転てん 八はっ 起き Also means never giving up despite repeated failures, but is more colloquial and vivid, literally 'fall seven times, stand up eight'.
Etymology A yojijukugo of Chinese origin. 百折 means 'hundred setbacks', 不撓 means 'unbending'. The phrase describes a spirit that remains unbroken despite countless failures.
