刀子嘴豆腐心

Chinese
trad. (刀子嘴豆腐心) 刀子嘴 豆腐心
simp. #(刀子嘴豆腐心) 刀子嘴 豆腐心
Literally: “knife mouth, tofu heart”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

刀子嘴豆腐心

  1. someone who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; someone with more bark than bite
    我們都知道你是個刀子嘴豆腐心。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们都知道你是个刀子嘴豆腐心。 [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.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 刀子嘴豆腐心 (“to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart; to be more bark than bite”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 刀子嘴豆腐心, 刀子口豆腐心
Mandarin Wanrong 刀子嘴豆腐心
Xi'an 刀子嘴豆腐心
Xuzhou 刀子嘴豆腐心
Cantonese Hong Kong 口硬心軟
Jin Xinzhou 豆腐心刀子嘴
Min Nan Longyan 刀仔喙豆腐心
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