易如反掌 — Chinese idiom
易如反掌
yì rú fǎn zhǎng
Meaning
- easy as a hand's turn ; very easy
- no effort at all
Character by character
- 易yìto change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 掌zhǎngin charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the f
Idioms sharing a character
- 来之不易 lái zhī bù yì
- 实属不易 shí shǔ bù yì
- 平易近人 píng yì jìn rén
- 改弦易辙 gǎi xián yì zhé
- 浅显易懂 qiǎn xiǎn yì dǒng
- 众擎易举 zhòng qíng yì jǔ
- 知易行难 zhī yì xíng nán
- 移风易俗 yí fēng yì sú
- 谈何容易 tán hé róng yì
- 变色易容 biàn sè yì róng
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