百足之蟲死而不僵 [ㄅㄞˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ; bai3 zu2 zhi1 chong2 si3 er2 bu4 jiang1] a centipede dies but never falls down old institutions die hard ◄ ►