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(computer) software
HSK 5
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  *软* | 软* | *软
soft / flexible
HSK 5
financial software / accounting software
to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion
(photographic) film
credulous
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
Microsoft Corporation
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
Microsoft Corporation
open-source software (OSS)
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
soft-spoken / afraid to speak out
software development
freeware
mollusk
to weaken / to go soft (at the knees)
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
application software
(idiom) softhearted; merciful
software technology
to be softhearted / to be tenderhearted / to be kindhearted
database software
ransomware (computing)
susceptible to force but not persuasion
software and hardware
(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion
antivirus software
unmoved by force or persuasion
software package
advertorial
tired and feeble
ointment / paste
malware (computing)
software platform
to live off a woman
credulous
soft drink
(of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software
open-source software
rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly
weakling / coward
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
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
lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion
(Tw) application software
software company
shareware
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
credulous person / credulous
palmitic acid (chemistry)
(aviation) soft landing / (economics) soft landing
flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil)
the soft and melodic Wu dialect
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
software system
soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
cartilage
soft
HSK 7-9
anti-virus software
to soften
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
soft water (cf. 硬水, hard water)
soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)
rickets (medicine)
fabric softener
spyware
software as a service (SaaS)
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
soft palate
computer software
(coll.) pleasantly soft / comfy / (of words) gentle / soothing
(of food etc) soft; pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive; shiftless; lazy
soft (bread) roll
floppy disk
to place under house arrest
a web browser
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
limp / weak
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
cork
a cork
floppy disk
antivirus software / abbr. for 殺毒軟件|杀毒软件
to soften
(geology) asthenosphere
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
fine and soft / valuables
rope ladder
(coll.) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish
search software
floppy disk
Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans
malware (computing)
soft and chewy (mouthfeel) / (of a voice) tender; coaxing; clinging
fur
soft drink

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