得心应手 — Chinese idiom
得心应手
dé xīn yìng shǒu
Traditional: 得心應手
Meaning
- lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes skilled at the job
- entirely in one's element
- going smoothly and easily
Character by character
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 应yìngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
- 手shǒuhand
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 优游自得 yōu yóu zì dé
- 动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 各得其所 gè dé qí suǒ
- 咎有应得 jiù yǒu yīng dé
- 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
- 因祸得福 yīn huò dé fú
- 失而复得 shī ér fù dé
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
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