吃軟不吃硬 in Chinese

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "吃硬不吃軟"
    },
    {
      "word": "吃硬不吃软"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "吃软不吃硬",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "吃軟不吃硬",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be amenable to friendly persuasion but not to compulsion"
      ],
      "id": "en-吃軟不吃硬-zh-phrase-tOCGEABV",
      "links": [
        [
          "amenable",
          "amenable"
        ],
        [
          "friendly",
          "friendly"
        ],
        [
          "persuasion",
          "persuasion"
        ],
        [
          "compulsion",
          "compulsion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "受軟唔受硬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "受软唔受硬"
        },
        {
          "word": "食軟唔食硬"
        },
        {
          "word": "食软唔食硬"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīruǎnbùchīyìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīruǎnbùchīyìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chihruǎnbùchihyìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻih¹-juan³-pu⁴-chʻih¹-ying⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chr̄-rwǎn-bù-chr̄-yìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyroanbuchyyinq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čižuanʹbučiin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чижуаньбучиин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek yúhn bāt hek ngaahng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek⁸ jyn⁵ bat⁷ hek⁸ ngaang⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hég³ yun⁵ bed¹ hég³ ngang⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ ŋaːŋ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "吃軟不吃硬"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "吃硬不吃軟"
    },
    {
      "word": "吃硬不吃软"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "吃软不吃硬",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "吃軟不吃硬",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 吃",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 硬",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 軟",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be amenable to friendly persuasion but not to compulsion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amenable",
          "amenable"
        ],
        [
          "friendly",
          "friendly"
        ],
        [
          "persuasion",
          "persuasion"
        ],
        [
          "compulsion",
          "compulsion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīruǎnbùchīyìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīruǎnbùchīyìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chihruǎnbùchihyìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻih¹-juan³-pu⁴-chʻih¹-ying⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chr̄-rwǎn-bù-chr̄-yìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyroanbuchyyinq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čižuanʹbučiin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чижуаньбучиин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek yúhn bāt hek ngaahng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hek⁸ jyn⁵ bat⁷ hek⁸ ngaang⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hég³ yun⁵ bed¹ hég³ ngang⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ ŋaːŋ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "受軟唔受硬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "受软唔受硬"
    },
    {
      "word": "食軟唔食硬"
    },
    {
      "word": "食软唔食硬"
    }
  ],
  "word": "吃軟不吃硬"
}

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"吃軟不吃硬" meaning in Chinese

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