吃硬不吃軟 chī yìng bù chī ruǎn

susceptible to force but not persuasion

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. susceptible to force but not persuasion

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
硬 yìng HSK 5
hard; firm; stiff
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
軟 ruǎn
soft; flexible; variant of 軟ruǎn