軟硬不吃
ruǎn​yìng​bù​chī

unmoved by force or persuasion

  • created sense approved 软硬不吃/軟硬不吃 · ruǎn​yìng​bù​chī · unmoved by force or persuasion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    软硬不吃 / 軟硬不吃

    ruǎn​yìng​bù​chī

    unmoved by force or persuasion

    To yield neither to persuasion nor to coercion; to be stubborn and reject both gentle approaches and threats.

    软 (literal) → 软/軟 · ruǎn · non-forceful 硬 (literal) → 硬 · yìng · firm 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to understand

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

    created sense