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Definitions
1. A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
2. ready to give and take
3. flexible
Components
大丈夫
dà zhàng fu
–
a manly man
能屈能伸
néng qū néng shēn
–
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take