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  *軟* | 軟* | *軟
soft / flexible
HSK 5
(computer) software
HSK 5
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
soft
HSK 7-9
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
to place under house arrest
floppy disk
ointment / paste
limp / weak
(idiom) softhearted; merciful
(photographic) film
credulous
(geology) asthenosphere
cork tile / cork flooring
hose / flexible tube
credulous
open-source software
(Tw) application software
open-source software (OSS)
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
tired and feeble
soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy
rope ladder
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil)
to weaken / to go soft (at the knees)
to soften
cartilage
to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion
soft tissue
aching and weary
shareware
to be softhearted / to be tenderhearted / to be kindhearted
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
freeware
(aviation) soft landing / (economics) soft landing
mollusk
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
(coll.) pleasantly soft / comfy / (of words) gentle / soothing
application software
a cork
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack
antivirus software
soft drink
weakling / coward
chondropathy (medicine)
soft seat (on trains or boats)
fine and soft / valuables
soft-spoken / afraid to speak out
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
soft palate
software package
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
to solder
credulous
credulous
floppy disk
floppy disk
palmitic acid (chemistry)
unmoved by force or persuasion
credulous person / credulous
floppy disk
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
fur
cork
susceptible to force but not persuasion
soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology)
soft and chewy (mouthfeel)
(of food etc) soft; pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive; shiftless; lazy
soft drink
(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
kept man
anti-virus software
soft (bread) roll
the software industry
ransomware (computing)
Turkish delight / Lokum
malware (computing)
to soften
software as a service (SaaS)
fabric softener
lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets
(coll.) pushover / soft touch
the soft and melodic Wu dialect
(Tw) educational software / courseware
Free Software Foundation
software technology
soft palate / velum
software and hardware
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
spyware
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
to live off a woman
client software

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