十拿九稳 — Chinese idiom
十拿九稳
shí ná jiǔ wěn
Traditional: 十拿九穩
Meaning
- to be a cinch; in the bag
- (of a person) confident of success
Character by character
- 十shíten, tenth; complete; perfect
- 拿náto bring, to grasp, to hold, to take
- 九jiǔnine
- 稳wěnsteady, stable; solid, firm
Idioms sharing a character
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 十全十美 shí quán shí měi
- 十恶不赦 shí è bù shè
- 十赌九输 shí dǔ jiǔ shū
- 闻一知十 wén yī zhī shí
- 拿手好戏 ná shǒu hǎo xì
- 狗拿耗子 gǒu ná hào zi
- 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng
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