柔能克剛
róu​néng​kè​gāng

the soft can overcome the hard

  • created reference approved 柔能克刚/柔能克剛 → 柔能制刚/柔能制剛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    柔能克刚 / 柔能克剛 róu​néng​kè​gāng

    柔能制刚 / 柔能制剛 róu​néng​zhì​gāng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 柔能克刚/柔能克剛 · róu​néng​kè​gāng · the soft can overcome the hard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    柔能克刚 / 柔能克剛

    róu​néng​kè​gāng

    the soft can overcome the hard

    The soft can subdue the hard; gentleness can overcome force.

    柔 (literal) → 柔 · róu · gentle 能 (literal) → 能 · néng · can 克 (literal) → 克 · kè · to overcome 刚 (literal) → 刚/剛 · gāng · hard

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

    created sense