刚柔相济
gāng​róu​xiāng​jì

to temper force with mercy

  • created reference approved 刚柔相济/剛柔相濟 → 刚柔并济/剛柔並濟 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刚柔相济 / 剛柔相濟 gāng​róu​xiāng​jì

    刚柔并济 / 剛柔並濟 gāng​róu​bìng​jì

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 刚柔相济/剛柔相濟 · gāng​róu​xiāng​jì · to temper force with mercy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刚柔相济 / 剛柔相濟

    gāng​róu​xiāng​jì

    to temper force with mercy

    to combine firmness and flexibility; to balance toughness with gentleness in one's actions or treatment of others

    刚 (literal) → 刚/剛 · gāng · hard 柔 (literal) → 柔 · róu · gentle 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 济 (literal) → 济/濟 · jì · to benefit

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

    created sense