柔 róu HSK7 soft, flexible Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: yielding All meanings 5 róu 5 yielding 3rho 1soft 1 3 sentences for 柔 (róu — yielding) 太极拳讲究以柔克刚。 tàijíquán jiǎngjiu yǐ róu kè gāng. Tai Chi emphasizes overcoming hardness with softness. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary他的性格外柔内刚,非常有主见。 tā de xìnggé wài róu nèi gāng, fēicháng yǒu zhǔjiàn. He is gentle on the outside but firm on the inside, with a very strong mind of his own. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary中国文化讲究平衡,有阴必有阳,有刚必有柔。 Zhōngguó wénhuà jiǎngjiu pínghéng, yǒu yīn bì yǒu yáng, yǒu gāng bì yǒu róu. Chinese culture emphasizes balance: where there is yin, there must be yang; where there is hardness, there must be softness. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary