use both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove
trad. 軟硬兼施
Also written 軟硬兼施【ruǎn yìng jiān shī】
Characters in this word
4软
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soft, flexible
- Pinyin
- ruǎn
- Traditional
- 軟
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8696 of 2500
硬
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hard; stiff; solid, (fig.) strong; firm, resolutely; uncompromisingly, laboriously; with great difficulty, good (quality); able (person), (of food) filling; substantial
- Pinyin
- yìng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3082 of 2500
兼
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double, twice, simultaneous, holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8389 of 2500
施
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shī
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8742 of 2500