ruǎn
yìng

idiom
common

Meaning of 欺软怕硬

欺软怕硬 means to bully the weak and fear the strong; to be a bully. Pronounced qī ruǎn pà yìng.

  • to bully the weak and fear the strong; to be a bully

Definitions & Examples

zhè
ge
rén
jiù
shì
ruǎn
yìng
 
duì
xià
shǔ
xiōng
de
hěn
 
zài
lǎo
bǎn
miàn
qián
què
huà
dōu
gǎn
shuō
 

He's the type who bullies the weak and fears the strong—very harsh with his subordinates but doesn't dare say a word in front of the boss.

Zài
xiào
yuán
líng
shì
jiàn
zhōng
 
fu
rén
de
xué
sheng
wǎng
wǎng
shì
ruǎn
yìng
de
 

In school bullying incidents, the students who bully others are often the type who pick on the weak and fear the strong.

Yǒu
xiē
guó
jiā
de
wài
jiāo
zhèng
chōng
mǎn
le
ruǎn
yìng
de
luó
 

The foreign policy of some countries is full of the logic of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

ruǎn
yìng
shì
yīng
xióng
hǎo
hàn
de
zuò
wéi
 

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is not the conduct of a true hero.

bié
zài
ruǎn
yìng
le
 
yǒu
běn
shi
zhǎo
ge
zhēn
zhèng
de
gāo
shǒu
tiǎo
zhàn
 

He should stop bullying the weak and fearing the strong; if he has any guts, he should go challenge that real master.