刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo​zi​zuǐ​dòu​fu​xīn

sharp tongue but soft heart

  • created reference approved 刀子嘴，豆腐心 → 刀子口，豆腐心 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刀子嘴，豆腐心 dāo​zi​zuǐ​dòu​fu​xīn

    刀子口，豆腐心 dāo​zi​kǒu​dòu​fu​xīn

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  • created sense approved 刀子嘴，豆腐心 · dāo​zi​zuǐ​dòu​fu​xīn · sharp tongue but soft heart — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刀子嘴，豆腐心

    dāo​zi​zuǐ​dòu​fu​xīn

    sharp tongue but soft heart

    To speak harshly or sharply but actually have a kind heart; implies someone whose bark is worse than their bite

    dāo​zi​zuǐ​dòu​fǔ​xīn

    刀子嘴 (literal) → 刀子嘴 · dāo​zi​zuǐ · sharp tongue ， (non_chinese) 豆腐 (literal) → 豆腐 · dòu​fu · tofu 心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · heart

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

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