雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺

léi gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī

the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person

to pick on an easy target

léi

thunder

gōng

public

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")

dòu

legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4])

fu

decay

,

jiǎn

to choose

ruǎn

variant of 軟|软[ruan3]

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

to take unfair advantage of