材料彎得動又不會壞
這一支就是核心畫面本身，字面的「摺得起來」還原封不動地留在裡面。
adjective · B2
Soft enough to bend easily without breaking or cracking. It describes materials such as leather, wire, plastic, and young wood.
柔韌的
核心畫面
Press a strip of leather between your hands. It gives, it takes the curve you asked for, and nothing splits. Two things are true at the same time — it moves, and it survives moving — and that pair is the whole word. Point the same pressing hand at a person and you get the second sense without changing the picture at all.
可以想成把一條皮革拿在手裡壓。它讓步了，順著你給的弧度彎過去，而且沒有裂。兩件事同時成立——動得了，也壞不了——這一…更多收起
可以想成把一條皮革拿在手裡壓。它讓步了，順著你給的弧度彎過去，而且沒有裂。兩件事同時成立——動得了，也壞不了——這一對大概就是整個字。把同一隻施力的手改成對著一個人，第二個意思就出來了，畫面完全不用換。From the word’s history
From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier, to fold; by surface analysis ply plus -able.
經中古法文而來，源頭是古法文 ploiable，動詞 ploiier 的意思是「摺」。從表面拆開就是 ply 加上 -able，也就是「摺得起來的」。
packet Wiktionary etymology_text for pliable (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:915606422:14758)
Two branches
人被別人彎過去
同一隻手改成推人。材料換了，動作沒換：力道一來就順過去，沒有東西頂回來。
adjective · C1
Easily influenced and controlled by other people, so that someone changes their mind or does what they are told without pushing back.
易被左右的