软饮 (軟飲)
ruǎn yǐn
Pinyin
Definition
软饮 (軟飲)
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- soft drink
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
一饮而尽
- 1 to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
吃软不吃硬
- 1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
- 2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion
柿子挑软的捏
- 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
- 3 bullies pick soft targets
牵马到河易,强马饮水难
- 1 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)