







soft and hard
flexible and rigid
coaxing and threats
The government is proclaiming a carrot-and-stick approach to the problem.
Neither American hard nor soft power is fading.

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Open the tool →软硬 (ruǎn yìng) means “soft and hard, flexible and rigid, coaxing and threats”.
软硬 is pronounced ruǎn yìng in Mandarin Chinese.
“soft and hard” is 软硬 (ruǎn yìng) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 软硬, each with pinyin and an English translation.