服软
fú ruǎn
Pinyin

Definition

服软
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fú ruǎn
  1. to admit defeat
  2. to give in
  3. to acknowledge a mistake
  4. to apologize
  5. to be amenable to persuasion

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fú wù
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 service
  3. 3 CL:項|项[xiàng]
shū fu
  1. 1 comfortable
  2. 2 feeling well
yī fu
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
pèi fú
  1. 1 to admire
kè fú
  1. 1 (try to) overcome (hardships etc)
  2. 2 to conquer
  3. 3 to put up with
  4. 4 to endure
zhì fú
  1. 1 to subdue
  2. 2 to check
  3. 3 to bring under control
  4. 4 (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
  5. 5 uniform (army, party, school etc)
  6. 6 livery (for company employees)
  7. 7 CL:套[tào]
kè fú
  1. 1 customer service
qū fú
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 to succumb
  3. 3 to yield
  4. 4 (as a transitive verb) to defeat
  5. 5 to prevail over
zhēng fú
  1. 1 to conquer
  2. 2 to subdue
  3. 3 to vanquish
wēi fú
  1. 1 (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
zhé fú
  1. 1 to convince
  2. 2 to subdue
  3. 3 to be convinced
  4. 4 to be bowled over
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 dress
  3. 3 garment
  4. 4 to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
  5. 5 to obey
  6. 6 to be convinced (by an argument)
  7. 7 to convince
  8. 8 to admire
  9. 9 to acclimatize
  10. 10 to take (medicine)
  11. 11 mourning clothes
  12. 12 to wear mourning clothes
fú wù yuán
  1. 1 waiter
  2. 2 waitress
  3. 3 attendant
  4. 4 customer service personnel
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
fú wù qì
  1. 1 server (computer)
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
fú wù shēng
  1. 1 server (at a restaurant)
fú cóng
  1. 1 to obey (an order)
  2. 2 to comply
  3. 3 to defer
fú qì
  1. 1 to be convinced
  2. 2 to accept
fú yòng
  1. 1 to take (medicine)
fú zhuāng
  1. 1 dress
  2. 2 clothing
  3. 3 costume
  4. 4 clothes
  5. 5 CL:身[shēn]
fú shì
  1. 1 apparel
  2. 2 clothing and personal adornment

Idioms (4)

勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
哀告宾服
āi gào bīn fú
  1. 1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
压而不服
yā ér bù fú
  1. 1 coercion will never convince (idiom)
心悦诚服
xīn yuè chéng fú
  1. 1 to submit cheerfully
  2. 2 to accept willingly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

敢情你也把我当女汉子啊,不过话说回来,老公真得找个能服软的,不然天天跟你讲道理,干脆认他做兄弟算了。
gǎnqíng nǐ yě bǎ wǒ dāng nǚ hànzi ā ,bùguò huàshuōhuílai ,lǎogōng zhēn děi zhǎo gè néng fúruǎn de ,bùrán tiāntiān gēn nǐ jiǎngdàolǐ ,gāncuì rèn tā zuò xiōngdì suànle 。
So you're treating me like a ladette too? But, getting back to the point, my husband really needs to find someone who yields to him, otherwise if I had to reason with you every day I should just team up with him as brothers and be done with it.