the hard is lost
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ǐ w á ngsh é C ú n, which means that the hard one is easy to break and the soft one can always be preserved. From Shuoyuan Jingshen.
Analysis of Idioms
Soft can overcome hard, teeth open tongue exist
Idiom usage
Don't you know the reason why the teeth die and the tongue survives?
The origin of Idioms
In Shuoyuan Jingshen written by Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty: "is it not because of the softness of a man's tongue? Is it not because of its hardness that teeth die? "
the hard is lost
It's hard to make a big difference - yí jiān tóu dà
The spirit dissipates the courage - qì xiāo dǎn duó
round and round the firewood is bound - chóu móu shù xīn
have a squeeze hold on the enemy by slapping his back and strangling his throat - è hóu fǔ bèi
The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gains - yù bàng xiāng zhēng,yú wēng
attract the attention of the elegant young idlers - zhāo fēng yǐn dié