吃软不吃硬 in English chi1 ruan3 bu4 chi1 ying4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiomatic expression)
  • amenable to coaxing but not coercion

Simplified Characters

吃 软 不 吃 硬

Traditional Characters

吃 軟 不 吃 硬

Pinyin

chi1 ruan3 bu4 chi1 ying4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

吃chi1to eat 软ruan3soft 不bu4(negative prefix) 吃chi1to eat 硬ying4hard