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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	柿子	柿子	shì zi	shi4 zi5	persimmon; Classifiers: 个
2	西红柿	西紅柿	xī hóng shì	xi1 hong2 shi4	tomato; Classifiers: 只
3	软柿子	軟柿子	ruǎn shì zi	ruan3 shi4 zi5	(coll.) pushover; soft touch
4	柿饼	柿餅	shì bǐng	shi4 bing3	dried persimmon
5	柿子椒	柿子椒	shì zi jiāo	shi4 zi5 jiao1	bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
6	柿子挑软的捏	柿子挑軟的捏	shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē	shi4 zi5 tiao1 ruan3 de5 nie1	lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom); fig. it's the weak (i.e. 软柿子 ) who get picked on; bullies pick soft targets
7	西红柿炒蛋	西紅柿炒蛋	xī hóng shì chǎo dàn	xi1 hong2 shi4 chao3 dan4	scrambled egg with fresh tomatoes (south China); same as 番茄炒蛋
8	西红柿炒鸡蛋	西紅柿炒雞蛋	xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn	xi1 hong2 shi4 chao3 ji1 dan4	scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish)
9	柿	柹	shì	shi4	persimmon; old variant of 柿