吃软不吃硬 chīruǎnbùchīyìng to respond to persuasion but not to force Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吃软不吃硬 吃軟不吃硬 chīruǎnbùchīyìng to respond to persuasion but not to force (idiom) amenable to coaxing but refusing to submit to coercion; literally "to eat soft food but refuse hard food" Frequency Written text 0.370 per million Cross-References Antonym 吃硬不吃软 chīyìngbùchīruǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
吃软不吃硬 吃軟不吃硬 chīruǎnbùchīyìng to respond to persuasion but not to force (idiom) amenable to coaxing but refusing to submit to coercion; literally "to eat soft food but refuse hard food" Frequency Written text 0.370 per million Cross-References Antonym 吃硬不吃软 chīyìngbùchīruǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
