以柔克刚

Traditional: 以柔克剛

yǐ róu kè gāng

Dictionary entry

to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)

What does 以柔克刚 mean?

以柔克刚 (yǐ róu kè gāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)

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以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]柔róusoft · flexible 克Kèabbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia · (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia 刚gāng(literary) hard; firm; strong · exactly; precisely

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以柔克刚

yǐ róu kè gāng

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