碰软钉子
pèng​ruǎn​dīng​zi

to be mildly rebuffed

  • created sense approved 碰软钉子/碰軟釘子 · pèng​ruǎn​dīng​zi · to be mildly rebuffed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    碰软钉子 / 碰軟釘子

    pèng​ruǎn​dīng​zi

    to be mildly rebuffed

    To be met with a polite or tactful refusal; literally "to bump into a soft nail".

    碰, 软钉子

    碰 (literal) → 碰 · pèng · to touch 软钉子 (literal) → 软钉子/軟釘子 · ruǎn​dīng​zi · tactful rejection

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

    created sense