吃软不吃硬 (吃軟不吃硬)
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
Pinyin

Definition

吃软不吃硬 (吃軟不吃硬)
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chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
  1. lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. amenable to coaxing but not coercion

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
吃
chī
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 to consume
  3. 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  4. 4 to eradicate
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to absorb
  7. 7 to suffer
  8. 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

吃软不吃硬
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
to eat soft and not eat hard
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吃软不吃硬"就是你喜欢听好话，不喜欢被人威胁。
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng "jiùshì nǐ xǐhuan tīng hǎohuà ，bù xǐhuan bèi rén wēixié 。
'To eat soft and not eat hard' means that you like to hear nice things. You don't like being threatened by others.
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我这个人吃软不吃硬，如果你好好说话，我可能还会帮你。
wǒ zhè ge rén chī ruǎn bù chī yìng ，rúguǒ nǐ hǎohāo shuōhuà ，wǒ kěnéng hái huì bāng nǐ 。
I'm a person who doesn't respond to threats. If you speak nicely to me, then I may help you.
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你别威胁我，我是个吃软不吃硬的人。
nǐ bié wēixié wǒ ，wǒ shì ge chī ruǎn bù chī yìng de rén 。
Don't threaten me. I'm a person who doesn't respond well to threats.
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