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刀子嘴，豆腐心

dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn

7-character word

What 刀子嘴，豆腐心 means

1. to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)

The characters in 刀子嘴，豆腐心

• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle
• 豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆
• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

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