手到拈来 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to stretch a hand and grab it
• fig. easy to do

Character by character

• 手shǒuhand
• 到dàoto go to, to arrive
• 拈niānto pick up with the fingers; to draw lots
• 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late

Idioms sharing a character

• 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
• 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
• 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
• 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
• 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
• 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
• 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
• 得心应手 dé xīn yìng shǒu
• 心慈手软 xīn cí shǒu ruǎn
• 心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là

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