她这个人吃软不吃硬
“She can be persuaded by reason but not cowed by force.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没有你们想得那么难搞
“as difficult to deal with as you think.”
她 这个人 吃软不吃硬
“She can be persuaded by reason but not cowed by force.”
所以说啊
“So,”
“Be nice and appeal to her feelings, because confrontation will get you nowhere.”
Many Chinese individuals react defensively to direct confrontation or public pressure, making gentle reasoning and face-granting the standard route to persuasion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
responsive to coaxing but not to coercion; yielding to soft approaches rather than forceful ones
A very common colloquial expression to describe someone's personality and advise on how to persuade them.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He just lives off her.”
“Weren't they given the muscle-weakening drug?”
“Why isn't she buying this anymore?”
“She is not fat, so why don't you allow her to eat?”
“She didn't even eat it.”
“I don't know if you'll be used to it.”