柔 和 róu hé gentle / soft 轻 light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage 烂 soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad 柔 软 róu ruǎn soft 轻 柔 qīng róu soft / gentle / pliable 委 婉 wěi wǎn tactful / euphemistic / (of voice etc) suave / soft 软 绵 绵 ruǎn mián mián soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy 柔 滑 róu huá soft / smooth / silky 面 flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless 温 warm / lukewarm / temperature / to warm up / mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / fever (TCM) / old variant of 瘟[wen1] 柔 soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ) 腻 greasy / soft / unctuous / intimate / tired of 酥 flaky pastry / crunchy / limp / soft / silky 荏 beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak 胹 overcooked / soft 阴 柔 yīn róu gentle and reserved / soft / feminine 婉 妙 wǎn miào sweet / soft / lovely (of sounds and voices) 软 包 ruǎn bāo soft (bread) roll 温 柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender 温 馨 wēn xīn comfort / soft and fragrant / warm 落 脚 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers 稚 嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature 发 软 fā ruǎn to weaken / to go soft (at the knees) 松 软 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) 软 肋 ruǎn lèi rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly 软 卧 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) 汗 毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down 纤 手 xiān shǒu delicate hands / woman's tender and soft hands 软 组 织 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue 软 座 ruǎn zuò soft seat (on trains or boats) 海 枯 石 烂 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time 嫩 绿 nèn lu:4 tender green / soft green 豆 花 dòu huā jellied tofu / soft bean curd 酥 软 sū ruǎn weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft 细 软 xì ruǎn fine and soft / valuables 软 着 陆 ruǎn zhuó lù soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft) 嫩 芽 nèn yá soft shoot 血 肿 xuè zhǒng hematoma / swelling of soft tissue due to internal hemorrhage 软 饮 料 ruǎn yǐn liào soft drink 软 糖 ruǎn táng soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc) 豆 腐 脑 dòu fu nǎo jellied tofu / soft bean curd 软 柿 子 ruǎn shì zi (coll.) pushover / soft touch 软 泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 细 thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal 软 腭 ruǎn è soft palate 韦 soft leather 霰 graupel / snow pellet / soft hail 饧 maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky 柔 情 似 水 róu qíng sì shuǐ tender and soft as water / deeply attached to sb 冰 皮 月 饼 bīng pí yuè bǐng snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing) 软 齶 ruǎn è soft palate 软 口 盖 ruǎn kǒu gài soft palate / velum 软 席 ruǎn xí soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 低 筋 面 粉 dī jīn miàn fěn low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour 优 惠 贷 款 yōu huì dài kuǎn loan on favorable terms / concessionary loan / soft loan 嗫 嗫 niè niè talkative / light and soft (of voice) 囊 揣 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪 囊 膪 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣 坨 儿 tuó r classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial) 嫩 苗 nèn miáo seedling / soft shoots / sprout 弱 音 踏 板 ruò yīn tà bǎn soft pedal (on piano) / una corda pedal 后 鼻 音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ / produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate 暄 腾 xuān teng soft and warm (of bread) 潤 饼 rùn bǐng soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up 生 于 优 患 ， 死 于 安 乐 shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure (idiom) 碰 损 pèng sǔn bruising (damage to soft fruit etc) 蓬 茸 péng róng lush / luxuriant (of grass or hair) / soft lush hair 软 坐 ruǎn zuò soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 软 实 力 ruǎn shí lì soft power (in international relations) 软 尺 ruǎn chǐ soft ruler / tape measure 软 钉 子 ruǎn dīng zi lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection 软 饮 ruǎn yǐn soft drink 霜 淇 淋 shuāng qí lín soft ice-cream 软 边 界 ruǎn bian jiè soft border 软 目 标 ruǎn mù biāo soft target 软 资 金 ruǎn zī jīn soft funds 软 力 量 soft power 软 道 路 分 析 soft path analysis 软 终 点 ruǎn zhōng diǎn soft clinical endpoint / soft endpoint / soft outcome 早 期 软 治 疗 zǎo qī ruǎn zhì liáo soft and early treatment approach 软 技 术 soft technology 软 威 胁 ruǎn wēi xié soft threat 软 法 律 ruǎn fǎ lu:4 soft law 软 防 弹 服 soft body armour 软 贷 款 ruǎn dài kuǎn soft loan 低 息 贷 款 dī xī dài kuǎn soft loan 软 部 门 ruǎn bù mén soft sectors 软 路 径 ruǎn lù jìng soft path 软 珊 瑚 ruǎn shān hú soft coral 软 毒 品 ruǎn dú pǐn soft drugs 软 性 毒 品 ruǎn xìng dú pǐn soft drugs 软 铁 ruǎn tiě soft iron 软 沉 积 ruǎn chén jī soft sediments 软 否 决 soft veto 润 饼 rùn bǐng soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up 吃 软 不 吃 硬 chī ruǎn bù chī yìng lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion 柔 能 克 刚 róu néng kè gāng lit. the soft can subdue the hard 刀 子 嘴 ， 豆 腐 心 dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom) 吃 人 家 的 嘴 软 ， 拿 人 家 的 手 短 chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted 外 刚 内 柔 wài gāng nèi róu soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]
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