软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
Pinyin

Definition

软磨硬泡
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ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. to wheedle
  3. to cajole

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
泡
pāo
  1. 1 puffed
  2. 2 swollen
  3. 3 spongy
  4. 4 small lake (esp. in place names)
  5. 5 classifier for urine or feces
泡面
pào miàn
  1. 1 instant noodles
硬
yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 stiff
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 firm
  5. 5 resolutely
  6. 6 doggedly
  7. 7 good (quality)
  8. 8 able (person)
磨坊
mò fáng
  1. 1 mill
僵硬
jiāng yìng
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
坚硬
jiān yìng
  1. 1 hard
  2. 2 solid
强硬
qiáng yìng
  1. 1 tough
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 hard-line
打磨
dǎ mó
  1. 1 polish
  2. 2 grind
气泡
qì pào
  1. 1 bubble
  2. 2 blister (in metal)
  3. 3 (of beverages) sparkling
  4. 4 carbonated
水泡
shuǐ pào
  1. 1 bubble
  2. 2 blister
冲泡
chōng pào
  1. 1 to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
  2. 2 to infuse (tea)
泡妞
pào niū
  1. 1 to pick up girls
  2. 2 to play around with girls
  3. 3 to chase after girls
泡椒
pào jiāo
  1. 1 pickled pepper
泡沫
pào mò
  1. 1 foam
  2. 2 (soap) bubble
  3. 3 (economic) bubble
泡泡
pào pao
  1. 1 bubbles
泡汤
pào tāng
  1. 1 to dawdle
  2. 2 to go slow deliberately
  3. 3 to fizzle out
  4. 4 to have all one's hopes dashed
  5. 5 (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
泡澡
pào zǎo
  1. 1 to bathe
  2. 2 to immerse oneself in a warm bath
泡芙
pào fú
  1. 1 cream puff (loanword)
  2. 2 profiterole
泡菜
pào cài
  1. 1 pickled cabbage

Idioms (20)

一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切磋琢磨
qiē cuō zhuó mó
  1. 1 lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
卸磨杀驴
xiè mò shā lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)
  2. 2 to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
吃软不吃硬
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
  1. 1 lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. 2 amenable to coaxing but not coercion
好事多磨
hǎo shì duō mó
  1. 1 the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
磨刀霍霍
mó dāo huò huò
  1. 1 lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prepare to attack
  3. 3 to be getting ready for battle
磨嘴皮子
mó zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather
  2. 2 to talk incessant nonsense
  3. 3 blah blah
磨杵成针
mó chǔ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  2. 2 to study diligently
磨破嘴皮子
mó pò zuǐ pí zi
  1. 1 to wear out one's lips (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk until one is blue in the face
  3. 3 to repeat again and again
磨穿铁砚
mó chuān tiě yàn
  1. 1 to grind one's way through an ink stone
  2. 2 to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)
  3. 3 to study diligently (idiom)
终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
耳鬓厮磨
ěr bìn sī mó
  1. 1 lit. heads rubbing together (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very close relationship
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole
霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
  1. 1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to rape

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