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Flexibility Overcomes Strength

Softness Overcomes Hardness

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 yǐ róu kè gāng
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以柔克剛 can be translated as “Softness Overcomes Hardness,” “Flexibility Overcomes Power,” “Flexibility Overcomes Strength,” “Overcoming Powerful Strength with Flexibility,” or “Use Softness to Conquer Strength.”


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Title CharactersVarious forms of Romanized Chinese
Flexibility Overcomes Strength以柔克剛
以柔克刚		yǐ róu kè gāng
yi3 rou2 ke4 gang1
yi rou ke gang
yiroukegang		i jou k`o kang
ijoukokang
i jou ko kang
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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