软硬兼施
ruǎn yìng jiān shī
Pinyin

Definition

软硬兼施
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ruǎn yìng jiān shī
  1. use both carrot and stick
  2. use gentle methods and force
  3. an iron hand in a velvet glove

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兼
jiān
  1. 1 double
  2. 2 twice
  3. 3 simultaneous
  4. 4 holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
兼职
jiān zhí
  1. 1 to hold concurrent posts
  2. 2 concurrent job
  3. 3 moonlighting
实施
shí shī
  1. 1 to implement
  2. 2 to carry out
措施
cuò shī
  1. 1 measure
  2. 2 step
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
施工
shī gōng
  1. 1 construction
  2. 2 to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
硬
yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 stiff
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 firm
  5. 5 resolutely
  6. 6 doggedly
  7. 7 good (quality)
  8. 8 able (person)
硬币
yìng bì
  1. 1 coin
  2. 2 CL:枚[méi]
硬盘
yìng pán
  1. 1 hard disk
设施
shè shī
  1. 1 facilities
  2. 2 installation
僵硬
jiāng yìng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
兼备
jiān bèi
  1. 1 have both
兼具
jiān jù
  1. 1 to combine
  2. 2 to have both
兼容
jiān róng
  1. 1 compatible
兼有
jiān yǒu
  1. 1 to combine
  2. 2 to have both
兼程
jiān chéng
  1. 1 to travel at double speed
  2. 2 to make all haste
兼顾
jiān gù
  1. 1 to attend simultaneously to two or more things
  2. 2 to balance (career and family, family and education etc)
嘴硬
zuǐ yìng
  1. 1 reluctant to admit a mistake
坚硬
jiān yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 solid
布施
bù shī
  1. 1 Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
强硬
qiáng yìng
  1. 1 tough
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 hard-line

Idioms (20)

付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
吃软不吃硬
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
  1. 1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. 2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion
品学兼优
pǐn xué jiān yōu
  1. 1 excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school)
  2. 2 a paragon of virtue and learning
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
己所不欲，勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
  1. 1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
  2. 2 Do as you would be done by.
  3. 3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
德才兼备
dé cái jiān bèi
  1. 1 having both integrity and talent (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
  1. 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
  1. 1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. 1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
无计可施
wú jì kě shī
  1. 1 no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end
  2. 2 at the end of one's tether
  3. 3 powerless
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
  1. 1 to boss people around (idiom)
见之实施
jiàn zhī shí shī
  1. 1 to put into effect (idiom)
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole
逆行倒施
nì xíng dǎo shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
  1. 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to rape

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