刀子嘴，豆腐心

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

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

knife / CL:把[ba3]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

variant of 豆[dou4]

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel

tofu / bean curd

decay / rotten

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]