to behave flirtatiously or with feigned helplessness to gain affection or favors from a partner

small and delicate in appearance

easily damaged or sensitive to hardship; requiring careful handling

tender and beautiful

feeling or showing a delicate, charming, or demure shyness

a beautiful young woman (archaic)

(of a woman) to feign anger coquettishly

oversensitive to hardship, pain, or physical discomfort; easily affected or spoiled

a lovely or charming wife

dainty and beautiful

behaving or speaking in an exaggeratedly sweet, delicate, or pampered manner

pampered and spoiled since childhood

delicate and frail

(idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming

easily damaged and requiring special care or specific environmental conditions

to treat someone with excessive indulgence or overprotectiveness, typically a child

to excessively dote on and spoil someone

a magnificent house built for a beloved woman; keeping a mistress in a luxury house

to indulge, pamper, or spoil someone (often a child) excessively

Chen Jiao, first wife of Emperor Wu of Han [[汉武帝|漢武帝|Han4 Wu3 di4]], died c. 110 BC

a sweet, delicate, or charming attitude or demeanor

tender yellow

tender green (especially of young shoots or leaves)

a beautiful woman; delicate and lovely

liqueur (loanword)

faint or delicate breathing

pampered girl from an affluent family

lazy and spoiled due to a soft upbringing

spoilt and naive

to behave ingratiatingly by acting like a spoiled child or playing the innocent to win favor

Sangiovese (grape type)

(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")