软 (軟) ruǎn
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ruǎn
adjective
soft; flexible; pliable
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '軟'; Guoyu '軟' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '軟' 2, p. 392; Unihan '軟') -
ruǎn
adjective
weak
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '軟' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '軟' 1, p. 392; Unihan '軟') -
ruǎn
adjective
amiable; accomodating
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '軟' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '軟' 3, p. 392) -
ruǎn
adjective
softhearted
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '軟' adj 4) -
ruǎn
adjective
a coward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '軟' adj 4)
Contained in
- 软坐(軟坐) soft seat
- 软焊(軟焊) to solder
- 软饮料(軟飲料) soft drink
- 到手软(到手軟) (do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
- 软组织(軟組織) soft tissue
- 软硬不吃(軟硬不吃) unmoved by force or persuasion
- 耳根子软(耳根子軟) credulous
- 瘫软(癱軟) limp; weak
- 软体动物(軟體動物) a mollusk
- 吃硬不吃软(吃硬不吃軟) susceptible to force but not persuasion
- 软钉子(軟釘子) a soft nail; a tactful retort or rejection
- 发软(發軟) to weaken; to go soft (at the knees)
- 软文(軟文) advertorial
- 软饮(軟飲) soft drink
- 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短(吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短) the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach
- 酸软(酸軟) limp and painful
- 财务软件(財務軟件) financial software; accounting software
- 软包(軟包) soft (bread) roll
- 软足类(軟足類) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish
- 软骨鱼纲(軟骨魚綱) chondrichthyes
- 疲软(疲軟) tired and feeble
- 软片(軟片) (photographic) film
- 软泥(軟泥) soft mud; silt; sludge; ooze (geology)
- 软磨硬泡(軟磨硬泡) to coax and pester ; to wheedle; to cajole
- 吴侬软语(吳儂軟語) pleasant-sounding
- 软弱(軟弱) weak; feeble
- 软木塞(軟木塞) a cork
- 松软(鬆軟) flexible; not rigid; spongy; loose
- 软梯(軟梯) rope ladder
- 软实力(軟實力) soft power (in international relations)
- 软硬兼施(軟硬兼施) use both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove
- 软座(軟座) soft seat (on trains or boats)
- 软化(軟化) to soften
- 软腭(軟齶) soft palate
- 服软(服軟) to admit defeat; to give in; to acknowledge a mistake; to apologize; to be amenable to persuasion
- 软管(軟管) hose; flexible tube
Also contained in
软体业 、 软件开发 、 软件平台 、 防毒软件 、 软体 、 软盘 、 软腭音 、 软件 、 电脑软件 、 搜寻软体 、 杀软 、 软龈音 、 中介软体 、 软磁片 、 浊圆唇软颚近音
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- 卷九十三 志第四十六 河渠三 Volume 93 Treatises 46: Rivers and Canals 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
- 卷一百二十五 志第七十八 禮二十八 Volume 125 Treatises 78: Rites 28 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 卷一百二十二 志第七十五 禮二十五 Volume 122 Treatises 75: Rites 25 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 第十三回 Chapter 13 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 卷四百二十九 列傳第一百八十八 道學三 朱熹 張栻 Volume 429 Biographies 188: Taoist Scholars 3 - Zhu Xi, Zhang Shi History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
Collocations
- 软脚 (軟腳) 還有軟腳 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百〇六 列傳第五十六: 李林甫 楊國忠 張暐 王琚 王毛仲 陳玄禮 Volume 106 Biographies 56: Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong, Chen Xuanli — count: 14
- 罢软 (罷軟) 坐罷軟不勝任者 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — count: 14
- 纱软 (紗軟) 帝服素紗軟腳折上巾 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十二 志第七十五 禮二十五 Volume 122 Treatises 75: Rites 25 — count: 11
- 软堰 (軟堰) 北流軟堰 — History of Song 宋史, 卷九十三 志第四十六 河渠三 Volume 93 Treatises 46: Rivers and Canals 3 — count: 8
- 软熟 (軟熟) 意驕則樂軟熟 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百二十六 列傳第五十一 魏盧李杜張韓 Volume 126 Biographies 51: Wei, Lu, Li, Du, Zhang, Han — count: 8
- 软美 (軟美) 然蕭軟美可喜 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百三十九 列傳第六十四 房琯子:孺復 孫:啟 族孫:式 張鎬 李泌子:繁 Volume 139 Biographies 64: Gang Guan and son: Ru Fu, grandson: Qi, descendent: Shi, Zhang Gao, Li Bi and son: Fan — count: 6
- 软皮 (軟皮) 軟皮局 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷八十七 志第三十七: 百官三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Official Posts 3 — count: 5
- 软懦 (軟懦) 如或軟懦失職 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 — count: 3
- 软不胜 (軟不勝) 坐罷軟不勝任者 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — count: 3
- 昏软 (昏軟) 昏軟者不復行用 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷九十七 志第四十五下: 食貨五 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 5 — count: 2