手軟

to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

soft / flexible

(do a manual task) until one's hands go limp with exhaustion