防弹服 防彈服 ballistic body armour / full-body armour / body armour 软终点 ruǎn zhōng diǎn soft clinical endpoint / soft endpoint / soft outcome 硬防弹服 硬防彈服 hard body armour 体表 體表 tǐ biǎo surface of the body / periphery of the body / body thermometer / (literary) a person's appearance 烂 爛 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad syn 软墙营房 軟牆營房 ruǎn qiáng yíng fáng soft-walled camp / soft-walled accommodation / semi-rigid structure 软墙宿舍 軟墻宿舍 soft-walled camp / soft-walled accommodation / semi-rigid structure 柿子挑软的捏 柿子挑軟的捏 shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets 穿甲弹 穿甲彈 armour-piercing ammunition / AP ammunition 防弹背心 防彈背心 fáng dàn bèi xīn ballistic vest / ballistic jacket / armour vest 穿甲燃烧弹 armour-piercing incendiary ammunition / API ammunition 穿甲 chuān jiǎ armour-piercing 反坦克导弹发射器 反坦克導彈發射器 anti-tank missile launcher / anti-armour missile launcher 组合装甲护板 組合裝甲護板 composite armour kit 防弹茄克 防彈茄克 ballistic vest / ballistic jacket / armour vest 轻型反装甲武器 輕型反裝甲武器 lightweight anti-armour weapon 酥软 酥軟 sū ruǎn weak (of body or limbs) / limp / gone soft syn 星球 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body syn 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 天体 天體 tiān tǐ celestial body / nude body syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 润肤乳 潤膚乳 rùn fū rǔ body lotion / body shampoo 女体盛 女體盛 nǚ tǐ chéng nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman 躔 chán (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course 圣躬 聖躬 shèng gōng the Emperor's body / Holy body / the current reigning Emperor 圣体 聖體 shèng tǐ the Emperor's body / Jesus' body / communion wafer (in Christian mass) 蚂蚁上树 螞蟻上樹 mǎ yǐ shàng shù "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking 全秘书处工作人员－管理当局联合机构 Secretariat-wide joint staff-management body / joint staff-management body 国际劳工组织理事会 國際勞工組織理事會 International Labour Organization Governing Body / ILO Governing Body 冬虫夏草 冬蟲夏草 dōng chóng - xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.) 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 温馨 溫馨 wēn xīn comfort / soft and fragrant / warm syn 柔软 柔軟 róu ruǎn soft syn 软体 軟體 ruǎn tǐ (of an animal) soft-bodied / (Tw) software 柔和 róu hé gentle / soft syn 轻柔 輕柔 qīng róu soft / gentle / pliable syn 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature syn 委婉 wěi wǎn tactful / euphemistic / (of voice etc) suave / soft syn 七喜 qī xǐ 7 Up (soft drink) / Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer 汽水 qì shuǐ soda pop / carbonated soft drink 发软 發軟 fā ruǎn to weaken / to go soft (at the knees) 绒毛 絨毛 róng máo fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine) syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 软肋 軟肋 ruǎn lèi rib cartilage / (fig.) weak spot / soft underbelly 软绵绵 軟綿綿 ruǎn mián mián soft / velvety / flabby / weak / schmaltzy syn 羽绒 羽絨 yǔ róng down (soft feathers) syn 软卧 軟臥 ruǎn wò soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk) 柔滑 róu huá soft / smooth / silky 汗毛 hàn máo hair / soft hair / down syn 雪碧 xuě bì Sprite (soft drink) 纤手 纖手 xiān shǒu delicate hands / woman's tender and soft hands 软组织 軟組織 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue 软座 軟座 ruǎn zuò soft seat (on trains or boats) syn 海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time syn 嫩绿 嫩綠 nèn lǜ tender green / soft green syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 豆花 dòu huā jellied tofu / soft bean curd 细软 細軟 xì ruǎn fine and soft / valuables syn 软着陆 軟著陸 ruǎn zhuó lù soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft) 苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink / soft drink 大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") 血肿 血腫 xuè zhǒng hematoma / swelling of soft tissue due to internal hemorrhage 软饮料 軟飲料 ruǎn yǐn liào soft drink 软糖 軟糖 ruǎn táng soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc) 豆腐脑 豆腐腦 dòu fu nǎo jellied tofu / soft bean curd 软柿子 軟柿子 ruǎn shì zi (coll.) pushover / soft touch 软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology) 轻 輕 qīng light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 软腭 軟齶 ruǎn è soft palate 温 溫 wēn warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]) syn 柔 róu soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ) syn 韦 韋 wéi soft leather syn 腻 膩 nì greasy / soft / unctuous / intimate / tired of syn 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 酥 sū flaky pastry / crunchy / limp / soft / silky syn 霰 xiàn graupel / snow pellet / soft hail syn 饧 餳 xíng maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky syn 荏 rěn beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) / soft / weak syn 鼈 biē soft-shell turtles (Trionychidae) 胹 ér overcooked / soft 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 fù rén zhī rén excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) / soft-hearted (pejorative) 软齶 軟齶 ruǎn è soft palate 软口盖 軟口蓋 ruǎn kǒu gài soft palate / velum 软席 軟席 ruǎn xí soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 低筋面粉 低筋麵粉 dī jīn miàn fěn low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour 优惠贷款 優惠貸款 yōu huì dài kuǎn (finance) concessional loan / soft loan 卡门柏乳酪 卡門柏乳酪 kǎ mén bó rǔ lào Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese) 史威士 shǐ wēi shì Schweppes (soft drinks company) 嗫嗫 囁囁 niè niè talkative / light and soft (of voice) 囊揣 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪 囊膪 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣 坨儿 坨兒 tuó r classifier for lumps of soft things (colloquial) 婉妙 wǎn miào sweet / soft / lovely (of sounds and voices) 弱音踏板 ruò yīn tà bǎn soft pedal (on piano) / una corda pedal 后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate 