手到拈来 — Chinese idiom
手到拈来
shǒu dào niān lái
Traditional: 手到拈來
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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