迎刃而解 — Chinese idiom
迎刃而解
yíng rèn ér jiě
Meaning
- lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge
- fig. easily solved
Character by character
- 迎yíngto welcome, to receive, to greet
- 刃rènedged tool, cutlery, knife edge
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 解jiěto explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
Idioms sharing a character
- 笑脸相迎 xiào liǎn xiāng yíng
- 迎来送往 yíng lái sòng wǎng
- 迎难而上 yíng nán ér shàng
- 迎头痛击 yíng tóu tòng jī
- 迎风招展 yíng fēng zhāo zhǎn
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 游刃有余 yóu rèn yǒu yú
- 一哄而散 yī hōng ér sàn
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
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