吃軟不吃硬 chī ruǎn bù chī yìng

amenable to coaxing but not coercion

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. amenable to coaxing but not coercion
  2. 2. lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)

Characters

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