百足之虫死而不僵

1. • a centipede dies but never falls down
2. • old institutions die hard

Character by character

• 百(bǎi)surname Bai
• 足(zú)foot
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 虫(chóng)lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
• 死(sǐ)die
• 而(ér)and
• 不(bù)no
• 僵(jiāng)rigid