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HSK
(computer) software
HSK 5
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  *软* | 软* | *软
soft / flexible
HSK 5
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  *软* | 软* | *软
variant of 軟|软
HSK 5
soft power (in international relations)
HSK 7-9
weak / feeble / flabby
HSK 7-9
software development
soft drink
cartilage
(aviation) soft landing / (economics) soft landing
advertorial
use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
ointment / paste
soft palate
soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
hose / flexible tube
to soften
cork
soft seat (on trains or boats)
soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy
soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)
floppy disk
to place under house arrest
nephrite / Ca(Mg,Fe)3(SiO3)4
fur
software technology
to coax and pester (idiom) / to wheedle / to cajole
(coll.) pleasantly soft / comfy / (of words) gentle / soothing
rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly
rope ladder
(lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack
lit. a soft nail / fig. a tactful retort or rejection
(photographic) film
unmoved by force or persuasion
soft and chewy (mouthfeel)
software package
(of food etc) soft; pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive; shiftless; lazy
soft (bread) roll
Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm
to solder
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
floppy disk
software system
software as a service (SaaS)
mollusk
software and hardware
a cork
(geology) asthenosphere
floppy disk
soft tissue
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans
software company
(geology) asthenosphere
palmitic acid (chemistry)
kept man
chondropathy (medicine)
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
software platform
soft palate / velum
soft, pliable wool fabric
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
cork tile / cork flooring
(coll.) pushover / soft touch
soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology)
erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥
floppy disk
credulous person / credulous
weakling / coward
(coll.) inkfish; octopus, squid and cuttlefish
soft drink
cartilaginous fishes / Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)
(of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software
the software industry
velar sound (linguistics)
(linguistics) velar consonant


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