软硬兼施

软硬兼施
ruǎnyìngjiānshī

use both carrot and stick

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    use both carrot and stick

    • He used both gentle persuasion and firm pressure, and finally convinced her.

  2. verb

    use gentle methods and force

    • He used both soft and hard tactics and finally persuaded her.

  3. adjective

    an iron hand in a velvet glove

    • He used both gentle persuasion and firm pressure, and finally convinced her.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A vehicle lacking rigidity becomes flexible.

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