sōng ruǎn
flexible
not rigid
spongy
soft or runny (not set hard)
loose (soil)
xīn ruǎn
to be softhearted
to be tenderhearted
to be kindhearted
ruǎn tǐ
software (Tw)
soft-bodied (animal)
ruǎn wò
soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
ruǎn yìng jiān shī
use both carrot and stick
use gentle methods and force
an iron hand in a velvet glove
ruǎn shí lì
soft power (i.e. media influence, propaganda and cultural ties in lieu of military power)
ruǎn zuò
soft seat (on trains or boats)
fā ruǎn
to weaken
to go soft (at the knees)
ruǎn táng
soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)
cái wù ruǎn jiàn
financial software
accounting software
ruǎn mián mián
soft
velvety
flabby
weak
schmaltzy
ruǎn zhuó lù
soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft)
sū ruǎn
weak (of body or limbs)
limp
gone soft
Wú nóng ruǎn yǔ
pleasant-sounding Wu dialect
ruǎn yù
nephrite
Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4
ruǎn ní
soft mud
silt
sludge
ooze (geology)
ruǎn yìng bù chī
unmoved by force or persuasion
ruǎn dīng zi
lit. a soft nail
fig. a tactful retort or rejection
ruǎn gǔ yú
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
kāi fàng yuán mǎ ruǎn jiàn
open source software (OSS)
ruǎn xí
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
ruǎn zhī suān
palmitic acid (chemistry)
ruǎn zuò
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
Ruǎn kù
Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm
ruǎn gǔ yú lèi
cartilaginous fishes
Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)
hóu ruǎn gǔ bǎn
epiphyseal plate
growth plate (bone)
ruǎn tǐ chū bǎn xié huì
Software Publishers Association
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target
ruǎn ní r
erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥[ruan3 ni2]
ruǎn yín yīn
velar sound (linguistics)
ruǎn dāo zi
(lit.) the soft knife
(fig.) underhanded tactics
devious means of attack
ruǎn shì zi
(coll.) pushover
soft touch
ruǎn mó yìng pào
to coax and pester (idiom)
to wheedle
to cajole
ruǎn ěr duo
credulous person
credulous
ruǎn lèi
rib cartilage
(fig.) weak spot
soft underbelly
ruǎn jiǎo xiè
same as 軟腳蝦|软脚虾[ruan3 jiao3 xia1]
dào shǒu ruǎn
(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
chī ruǎn bù chī yìng
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
amenable to coaxing but not coercion
zuǐ yìng xīn ruǎn
see 刀子嘴,豆腐心[dao1 zi5 zui3 , dou4 fu5 xin1]
zuǐ ruǎn
soft-spoken
afraid to speak out
shǒu ruǎn
to be lenient
to relent
to be reluctant to make a hard decision
to think twice
fú ruǎn
to admit defeat
to give in
to acknowledge a mistake
to apologize
to be amenable to persuasion
shā ruǎn
antivirus software
abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件[sha1 du2 ruan3 jian4]
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person
to pick on an easy target