| 软磨硬泡 |
ruǎn mó yìng pào |
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole |
| 软 |
ruǎn |
soft / flexible |
| 软 |
ruǎn |
variant of 软 |
| 磨 |
mó |
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist |
| 磨 |
mò |
grindstone / to grind / to turn round |
| 硬 |
yìng |
hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial |
| 泡 |
pāo |
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces |
| 泡 |
pào |
bubble; foam / blister / to soak; to steep; to infuse / to dawdle; to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions |