lǎo / bǎn / duì / tā / ruǎn / yìng / jiān / shī / zhōng / yú / ràng / tā / tóng / yì / le / zhè / gè / fāng / àn老板对他软硬兼施,终于让他同意了这个方案。The boss used both carrot and stick on him, and finally got him to agree to the plan.