ruǎn

common
verb

Meaning of 软磨

软磨 means to pester persistently using gentle or indirect means; to wear down someone's resistance through persistent soft tactics. Pronounced ruǎn mó.

  • to pester persistently using gentle or indirect means; to wear down someone's resistance through persistent soft tactics

Definitions & Examples

ruǎn
yìng
pào
 
zhōng
dào
le
qīn
de
tóng
 

He pestered his father persistently and finally got his consent.

bié
xiǎng
kào
ruǎn
jiù
néng
ràng
gǎi
biàn
zhǔ
yi
 

Don't think you can make me change my mind just by persistent pestering.

Duì
de
yāo
qiú
 
néng
yìng
dǐng
 
néng
wèi
ruǎn
 

Regarding the client's unreasonable demands, we can neither confront them head-on nor just pester them persistently.

Relations

Measure Words

/ tōng
Primary
/ zhèn