怕硬欺软
pà​yìng​qī​ruǎn

to bully the weak and fear the strong

  • created reference approved 怕硬欺软/怕硬欺軟 → 欺软怕硬/欺軟怕硬 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    怕硬欺软 / 怕硬欺軟 pà​yìng​qī​ruǎn

    欺软怕硬 / 欺軟怕硬 qī​ruǎn​pà​yìng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 怕硬欺软/怕硬欺軟 · pà​yìng​qī​ruǎn · to bully the weak and fear the strong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    怕硬欺软 / 怕硬欺軟

    pà​yìng​qī​ruǎn

    to bully the weak and fear the strong

    to be afraid of the powerful but treat the weak with cruelty or contempt

    怕 (literal) → 怕 · pà · to fear 硬 (literal) → 硬 · yìng · firm 欺 (literal) → 欺 · qī · to bully 软 (literal) → 软/軟 · ruǎn · weak

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

    created sense