A tender-hearted person feels other people's pain easily and is soft in how they treat others. They cry at films, cannot watch an animal be hurt, give money away, forgive the person who wronged them.

A tender-hearted personTender-hearted的人 feels other people's pain easily很容易感受到別人的痛苦， and是 is soft in how they treat others對待別人的方式也很柔軟。 They他們 cry at films看電影會哭、 cannot watch an animal be hurt不忍心看動物受傷、 give money away會把錢送出去、 forgive the person who wronged them會原諒對不起自己的人。

The word points at the softness inside — the heart itself is soft — rather than at what the person does, so it names a nature rather than an action. It is warm and affectionate in tone, and slightly old-fashioned; you meet it often in novels, in church language, and in the way older people describe a grandchild or a gentle son.

The word這個字 points at the softness inside指的是內在的柔軟—— the heart itself is soft心本身是軟的——， rather than at what the person does而不是這個人做了什麼， so所以 it names a nature rather than an action它講的是一種天性，而不是一個動作。 It它的語氣 is warm and affectionate in tone溫暖、充滿感情， and而且 slightly old-fashioned有點老派； you你 meet it often常常遇到它 in novels在小說裡、 in church language在教會用語裡、 and還有 in the way older people describe a grandchild or a gentle son長輩形容孫子或溫柔的兒子的方式裡。

Younger speakers today are more likely to say 'soft-hearted', 'a big softie', or 'so sweet'.

Younger speakers today現在比較年輕的人 are more likely to say比較常說 'soft-hearted'「soft-hearted」、 'a big softie'「a big softie」、 or或 'so sweet'「so sweet」。

There is a small shadow inside the word that students often miss. Because being tender-hearted means being easily moved, it can carry a light hint that the person is a bit too easily moved — too soft to say no, too soft for a hard job. 'He is too tender-hearted to fire anyone.' That is affectionate teasing, not an insult, but the tilt is there.

There is有 a small shadow inside the word這個字裡的一個小陰影， that students often miss是學生常常忽略的。 Because因為 being tender-hearted meansTender-hearted的意思是 being easily moved很容易被打動， it它 can carry a light hint可能帶一點暗示 that the person is a bit too easily moved說這個人有點太容易被打動了—— too soft to say no太軟，不敢拒絕別人， too soft for a hard job太軟，做不了辛苦的工作。 'He is too tender-hearted to fire anyone.'「He is too tender-hearted to fire anyone.」 That is affectionate teasing這是帶感情的調侃， not an insult不是侮辱， but但 the tilt is there那個傾向確實在。

Notice too that it is almost always used before a noun or after 'be': 'a tender-hearted woman', 'she is very tender-hearted'. Keep the hyphen when it sits before the noun.

Notice too也要注意， that it is almost always used這個字幾乎都用 before a noun在名詞前面， or after 'be'或接在be動詞後面： 'a tender-hearted woman'「a tender-hearted woman」、 'she is very tender-hearted'「she is very tender-hearted」。 Keep the hyphen連字號要留著 when it sits before the noun當它放在名詞前面的時候。