迎刃而解 — Chinese idiom

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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