七転八起（しちてんはっき）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 5
Meaning: fall seven rise eight
Example sentences
- 七転八起の精神であきらめない。 — He never gives up, with the spirit of falling seven times and rising eight.
- 彼の人生はまさに七転八起だった。 — His life was truly one of falling down and getting back up again and again.
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