吃軟不吃硬 [－软－－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)
  2. amenable to coaxing but not coercion
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be amenable to friendly persuasion but not to compulsion
    (syn.) 食软唔食硬, 食軟唔食硬, 受软唔受硬, 受軟唔受硬