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信手拈来
xìn​shǒu​niān​lái

to pick up at random

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 信手 xìn​shǒu
    casually
    casually; spontaneously; without effort; used to describe doing something in passing as one's hand moves naturally
  2. 拈 niān
    to pick up
    to pick up with the fingers; to nip or grasp using the thumb and one or two fingers
  3. 来 來 lái verb
    to come
    To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen