吐剛茹柔
tǔ​gāng​rú​róu

to bully the weak

  • created reference approved 吐刚茹柔/吐剛茹柔 → 柔茹刚吐/柔茹剛吐 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吐刚茹柔 / 吐剛茹柔 tǔ​gāng​rú​róu

    柔茹刚吐 / 柔茹剛吐 róu​rú​gāng​tǔ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 吐刚茹柔/吐剛茹柔 · tǔ​gāng​rú​róu · to bully the weak — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吐刚茹柔 / 吐剛茹柔

    tǔ​gāng​rú​róu

    to bully the weak

    Spitting out the hard and swallowing the soft; to avoid the strong while bullying the weak or to pick on those who are kind while fearing those who are mean.

    吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 刚 (literal) → 刚/剛 · gāng · hard 茹 (literal) → 茹 · rú · to eat 柔 (literal) → 柔 · róu · soft

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

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