柿子挑软的捏 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 柿子挑軟的捏 shìzitiāoruǎndeniē ㄕˋ ˙ㄗ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄋㄧㄝ lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) fig. it's the weak (i.e. 软柿子 ruǎnshìzi) who get picked on bullies pick soft targets Character by character 柿(shì)persimmon 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair" 挑(tiāo)carry on a shoulder pole 软(ruǎn)soft 的(de)marks possession and modification 捏(niē)hold between the thumb and fingers A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0