be gentle

基本解释

Be gentle but firm with yourself.
对待自己，要温和又坚定。
Be gentle. If you think about the past or future, do not beat yourself up about it!
对自己温和一点当你意识到自己又停留在过去或者未来中时，不要责怪自己。
If you want him to be gentle, you can push him away and tell him bashfully that you want him to take his time.
如果你想让他温柔一点，你可以把他轻推开，然后害羞地告诉他，你希望他不要着急，慢慢来。
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Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat, or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands, or even for their ability to be gentle around children.
There seems to be something like a gentle parody maybe even a mocking tone that fills the lines of the Elder Brother's ecstatic speech.
似乎有些东西如文雅诙谐的改编作品甚至是嘲弄的语气,体现在大哥入神的讲话中。
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You can be easy and gentle when you use the phrase "Let me".
你能用即轻松又有礼貌的方式使用“Let me”。
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So, when change comes, if it comes, it may not be gentle at all.
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