软烂
ruǎn làn
Pinyin

Definition

软烂
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ruǎn làn
  1. (of food etc) soft
  2. pulpy
  3. (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive
  4. shiftless
  5. lazy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

柔软
róu ruǎn
  1. 1 soft
灿烂
càn làn
  1. 1 to glitter
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 splendid
烂
làn
  1. 1 soft
  2. 2 mushy
  3. 3 well-cooked and soft
  4. 4 to rot
  5. 5 to decompose
  6. 6 rotten
  7. 7 worn out
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 messy
  10. 10 utterly
  11. 11 thoroughly
  12. 12 crappy
  13. 13 bad
软
ruǎn
  1. 1 soft
  2. 2 flexible
软件
ruǎn jiàn
  1. 1 (computer) software
软弱
ruǎn ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 feeble
  3. 3 flabby
天真烂漫
tiān zhēn làn màn
  1. 1 innocent and unaffected
微软
Wēi ruǎn
  1. 1 Microsoft corporation
心软
xīn ruǎn
  1. 1 to be softhearted
  2. 2 to be tenderhearted
  3. 3 to be kindhearted
手软
shǒu ruǎn
  1. 1 to be lenient
  2. 2 to relent
  3. 3 to be reluctant to make a hard decision
  4. 4 to think twice
捣烂
dǎo làn
  1. 1 to mash
  2. 2 to beat to a pulp
死缠烂打
sǐ chán làn dǎ
  1. 1 (coll.) to pester
  2. 2 to harass
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time
溃烂
kuì làn
  1. 1 to fester
  2. 2 to ulcerate
焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
  1. 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hard-pressed
  3. 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
烂泥
làn ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 mire
烂漫
làn màn
  1. 1 brightly colored
  2. 2 unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally)
烂片
làn piàn
  1. 1 dud movie
烂醉
làn zuì
  1. 1 dead drunk
  2. 2 completely drunk
疲软
pí ruǎn
  1. 1 tired and feeble

Idioms (11)

吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
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
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
  1. 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hard-pressed
  3. 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
贪多嚼不烂
tān duō jiáo bù làn
  1. 1 to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
  1. 1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

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