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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 软磨硬泡
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 软磨硬泡 | ruǎn mó yìng pào | - to coax and pester (idiom) - to wheedle - to cajole |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 64,261 | 45,535 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 软 | ruǎn | - soft - flexible |
| 软 | ruǎn | - variant of 軟|软[ruan3] |
| 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 |
Other Words Containing 软磨硬泡
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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