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软硬兼施 (軟硬兼施)

ruǎn yìng jiān shī

Definition

  1. use both carrot and stick
  2. use gentle methods and force
  3. an iron hand in a velvet glove

Character Decomposition

软
=
车
+
欠
硬
=
石
+
更
兼
=
？
+
？
施
=
方
+
？

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