吃ㄔ軟ㄖㄨㄢˇchīruǎn不ㄅㄨˋbù吃ㄔ硬ㄧㄥˋchīyìng

简吃软不吃硬

  1. 比喻可以接受他人溫和的勸說或要求，但不肯屈服於脅迫。

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