柔能制刚 róunéngzhìgāng the soft can overcome the hard Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 柔 róu adjective gentle (bound form) gentle; mild; yielding能 néng auxiliary can can; be able to; be capable of; to have the permission or possibility to do something制 zhì verb to control to restrict; to govern; to keep under control刚 剛 gāng noun hard physically hard or strong