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软刀子

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Collocation

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软刀子到处都有
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软刀子杀人
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……是……的软刀子
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软刀子杀人不见血

Definition

软刀子

Literally means:

soft knife

Actually means:

imperceptible harmful means

It refers rms a person without his knowing it. Derogatory.

比喻使人在不知不觉中受害的手段。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as object or subject. (作宾语、主语)
1
Jīngshén
精神
压力
shì
shānghài
伤害
men
我们
shēn
身体
de
ruǎndāozi
软刀子
  
,
cháng
长期
jīngshén
精神
压力
huì
zàochéng
造成
tóuténg
头疼
  
shīmián
失眠
  
yāotuǐ
腰腿
téngtòng
疼痛
děng
bìng
疾病
  

Mental stress is a soft knife that hurts our bodies, and long-term mental stress can cause headaches, insomnia, lower back and leg pain and other diseases.

2
men
他们
liǎng
de
tánhuà
谈话
zhōng
àncáng
暗藏
ruǎn
dāozi
刀子
  
,
tīng
qilai
起来
dōu
shì
fèngcheng
奉承
duìfāng
对方
de
huà
  
,
shíshàng
实际上
dōu
shì
zài
fěng
讽刺
duìfāng
对方
  

The two of them had a hidden soft knife in their conversation, sounding flattering to each other, and were actually satirizing each other.

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Ruǎndāozi
软刀子
biǎomiàn
表面
shàng
kàn
bu
jiàn
  
bu
zháo
  
,
dàn
ruǎndāozi
软刀子
shārén
杀人
yìng
dāozi
刀子
yàng
一样
可怕
  

Soft knives are invisible and unable to touch on the surface, but soft knives kill as terrible as hard knives.

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