吃ㄔchī軟ㄖㄨㄢˇruǎn不ㄅㄨˋbù吃ㄔchī硬ㄧㄥˋyìng

  1. 比喻接受溫和的勸說而不受強迫。《兒女英雄傳·第三一回》：「安老爺是知透他那吃軟不吃硬的怪脾氣的。」

英lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)​, amenable to coaxing but not coercion