Bullying the hard and fearing the soft
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī y ì NGP à Ru ǎ n, which means not afraid of tough. From the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, object, attribute; used as a person
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: eat hard not eat soft antonym: Bully soft afraid of hard, eat soft not eat hard
The origin of Idioms
Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty wrote the second volume of the romance of the Western Chamber: "I've always been a bully and a coward, and I'm not willing to bear hardships. Don't make a fool of yourself just because of your marriage."
Idiom explanation
Don't be afraid to be tough.
Bullying the hard and fearing the soft
make up a deficiency by funds from elsewhere - yí dōng bǔ xī
desist from military activities and encourage culture and education - yǎn wǔ dí wén
cannot bear to part from each other - nán fēn nán shě