茹柔吐剛
rú​róu​tǔ​gāng

to bully the weak and fear the strong

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

    茹柔吐刚 / 茹柔吐剛 rú​róu​tǔ​gāng

    柔茹刚吐 / 柔茹剛吐 róu​rú​gāng​tǔ

    same_as

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

    created reference

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

    茹柔吐刚 / 茹柔吐剛

    rú​róu​tǔ​gāng

    to bully the weak and fear the strong

    To eat the soft and spit out the hard; used to describe bullying the good-natured while fearing those who are powerful or villainous

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

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

    created sense