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嘴軟
嘴软
zuǐ
ruǎn
soft-spoken
afraid to speak out
CEDICT
afraid to speak out
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Entry Composition
1
嘴
zuǐ
mouth
beak
nozzle
spout (of teapot etc)
classifiers:
張
,
個
2
軟
ruǎn
soft
flexible
Containing this entry
吃人家的嘴軟,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
Related entries
口甜
kǒu
tián
soft-spoken
affable
full of honeyed words