YOU SAID:
sticks are brittle as twigs, yet stronger than flowers
INTO JAPANESE
棒は小枝のように脆いが、花よりも強い
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The stick is as brittle as a twig but stronger than the flower
INTO JAPANESE
棒は小枝のように脆いが、花よりも強い
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The stick is as brittle as a twig but stronger than the flower
That didn't even make that much sense in English.