软硬兼施
ruǎn​yìng​jiān​shī

to use both carrot and stick

  • created sense approved 软硬兼施/軟硬兼施 · ruǎn​yìng​jiān​shī · to use both carrot and stick — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    软硬兼施 / 軟硬兼施

    ruǎn​yìng​jiān​shī

    to use both carrot and stick

    to use both gentle and forceful methods simultaneously; to use an iron hand in a velvet glove

    软 (literal) → 软/軟 · ruǎn · non-forceful 硬 (literal) → 硬 · yìng · firm 兼 (literal) → 兼 · jiān · and 施 (literal) → 施 · shī · to apply

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

    created sense