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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		刀子嘴，豆腐心	刀子嘴，豆腐心	[dao1 zi5 zui3 , dou4 fu5 xin1]	/to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)/	4853	1
		刀子嘴巴，豆腐心	刀子嘴巴，豆腐心	[dao1 zi5 zui3 ba5 , dou4 fu5 xin1]	/lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart/	6068	1
		刀子	刀子	[[dao1zi5]]	/knife/CL:把[ba3]/	424	2
		軟刀子	软刀子	[ruan3 dao1 zi5]	/(lit.) the soft knife/(fig.) underhanded tactics/devious means of attack/	4731	1
		天上下刀子	天上下刀子	[tian1 shang4 xia4 dao1 zi5]	/lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)/fig. (even if) the sky crumbles/	4651	1
		嘴硬心軟	嘴硬心软	[zui3 ying4 xin1 ruan3]	/see 刀子嘴，豆腐心[dao1 zi5 zui3 , dou4 fu5 xin1]/	4843	1

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