軟刀子 ruǎn dāo zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. (lit.) the soft knife
  2. (fig.) underhanded tactics
  3. devious means of attack

CHARACTERS

軟 ruǎn soft, flexible, pliable; weak
刀 dāo
HSK 4
knife; old coin; measure
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch