yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

to do something with ease

游刃有余 遊刃有餘 yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú
variant 游刃有餘
to do something with ease
To handle a task skillfully and effortlessly; describes having plenty of room to maneuver and being more than equal to a task. This idiom is based on a story from the 庄子 zhuāng​zǐ about a butcher so skilled that his blade moved through the gaps between the ox's joints without resistance.

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0.830 per million appears in 0% of films
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1.95 per million

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