服软 [服軟] - to admit defeat, to give in, to acknowledge a mistake, to apologize, to be amenable to persuasion - fú ruǎn | Definition | ChinesePod.com

服软 (服軟)

fú ruǎn

Pinyin

Definition

服软 (服軟)

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fú ruǎn

to admit defeat
to give in
to acknowledge a mistake
to apologize
to be amenable to persuasion

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fú wù

1 to serve
2 service
3 classifier: 项 xiàng

shū fu

1 comfortable
2 feeling well

yī fu

1 clothes
2 classifier: 件 jiàn
3 classifier: 套 tào

pèi fú

1 to admire

kè fú

1 (try to) overcome (hardships etc)
2 to conquer
3 to put up with
4 to endure

Idioms (4)

勤俭为服务之本

qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn

1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)

哀告宾服

āi gào bīn fú

1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit

压而不服

yā ér bù fú

1 coercion will never convince (idiom)

心悦诚服

xīn yuè chéng fú

1 to submit cheerfully
2 to accept willingly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

敢情你也把我当女汉子啊，不过话说回来，老公真得找个能服软的，不然天天跟你讲道理，干脆认他做兄弟算了。

gǎnqíng nǐ yě bǎ wǒ dāng nǚ hànzi ā ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，lǎogōng zhēn děi zhǎo gè néng fúruǎn de ，bùrán tiāntiān gēn nǐ jiǎngdàolǐ ，gāncuì rèn tā zuò xiōngdì suànle 。

So you're treating me like a ladette too? But, getting back to the point, my husband really needs to find someone who yields to him, otherwise if I had to reason with you every day I should just team up with him as brothers and be done with it.