lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom); fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on; bullies pick soft targets
trad. 柿子挑軟的捏
Also written 柿子挑軟的捏【shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē】
Characters in this word
6柿
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old variant of 柿[shi4]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 柹
- Strokes
- 9
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
挑
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to carry on a shoulder pole, to choose, to pick, to nitpick
- Pinyin
- tiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2886 of 2500
软
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soft, flexible
- Pinyin
- ruǎn
- Traditional
- 軟
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8696 of 2500
的
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of; ~'s (possessive particle), (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun), (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis), (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"), also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1 of 2500
捏
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to hold between the thumb and fingers, to pinch, to mold (using the fingers), to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.), to join together, to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
- Pinyin
- niē
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8894 of 2500