Read Edit View history Discussion 以柔制刚 yǐróuzhìgāng to overcome hardness with softness Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 以柔制刚 以柔制剛 yǐróuzhìgāng to overcome hardness with softness to use gentle or soft methods to conquer a hard or strong opponent; to win through flexibility or mildness Frequency Written text 0.011 per million Cross-References Same as 以柔克刚 yǐróukègāng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
以柔制刚 以柔制剛 yǐróuzhìgāng to overcome hardness with softness to use gentle or soft methods to conquer a hard or strong opponent; to win through flexibility or mildness Frequency Written text 0.011 per million Cross-References Same as 以柔克刚 yǐróukègāng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)