刀子嘴豆腐心

Chinese

knife mouth tofu; bean curd heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(刀子嘴豆腐心)
刀子 豆腐
Literally: “a mouth as sharp as a knife and heart as soft as tofu”.

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Idiom

刀子嘴豆腐心

  1. (slang) describes someone who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; someone with more bark than bite
    我們知道刀子嘴豆腐心 [MSC, trad.]
    我们知道刀子嘴豆腐心 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen dōu zhīdào nǐ shì ge dāozi zuǐ dòufu xīn. [Pinyin]
    We all know that even though you talk tough, you're a softy underneath it all.
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