Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(a mouth of knife and a heart of tofu) • When someone is Sharp and harsh when speaking, but has a soft and tender intention.
"虽然他说话很尖酸刻薄,但实际上他是个刀子嘴豆腐心的人。"
"Although he speaks in a sharp and sarcastic way, he's actually a person with a mouth like a knife and a heart like tofu."
Submitted November 2020 by anonymous
Slang USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
A greeting like "hi", which you can use to replace "good morning", "good afternoon" or "good evening".
"安安,等等要一起出去嗎?"
"Hi, do you want to hang out later?"
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Chinese China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(interj.) • A greeting used most frequently (and nowadays almost exclusively) on telephone calls. The greeting most directly means "Hello" and confirms the phone call has connected.
喂 ,你还在吗?
Hello, are you still there?
Submitted August 2020 by bpaw