以柔制刚
yǐ​róu​zhì​gāng

to overcome hardness with softness

  • created reference approved 以柔制刚/以柔制剛 → 以柔克刚/以柔克剛 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以柔制刚 / 以柔制剛 yǐ​róu​zhì​gāng

    以柔克刚 / 以柔克剛 yǐ​róu​kè​gāng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 以柔制刚/以柔制剛 · yǐ​róu​zhì​gāng · to overcome hardness with softness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以柔制刚 / 以柔制剛

    yǐ​róu​zhì​gāng

    to overcome hardness with softness

    to use gentle or soft methods to conquer a hard or strong opponent; to win through flexibility or mildness

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 柔 (literal) → 柔 · róu · gentle 制 (literal) → 制 · zhì · to control 刚 (literal) → 刚/剛 · gāng · hard

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense