大丈夫能屈能伸

A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. / ready to give and take / flexible

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

a manly man / a man of character

husband / CL:個|个[ge4]

measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

surname Neng

can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy

can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take / flexible

bent / to feel wronged

to stretch / to extend