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軟硬兼施
  jyun5 ngaang6 gim1 si1   jyutping
  ruan3 ying4 jian1 shi1   pinyin
use both hard and soft tactics; use both the carrot and the stick; couple threats with promises


Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
軟硬兼施 / 软硬兼施

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Characters in this word:

 jyun5  -  soft; flexible
 ngaang6  -  hard; stiff; strong; forcibly
 gim1  -  concurrently; combined
 si1  -  bestow; bring into effect
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