信手拈来
xìn​shǒu​niān​lái

to pick up at random

  • created sense approved 信手拈来/信手拈來 · xìn​shǒu​niān​lái · to pick up at random — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    信手拈来 / 信手拈來

    xìn​shǒu​niān​lái

    to pick up at random

    to take or pick something up casually or without much thought

    xìn​shǒu​nián​lái

    信手 (literal) → 信手 · xìn​shǒu · casually 拈 (literal) → 拈 · niān · to pick up 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 信手拈来/信手拈來 · xìn​shǒu​niān​lái · to write with ease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    信手拈来 / 信手拈來

    xìn​shǒu​niān​lái

    to write with ease

    to have material at one's fingertips and compose freely without effort or hesitation

    xìn​shǒu​nián​lái

    信手 (literal) → 信手 · xìn​shǒu · casually 拈 (literal) → 拈 · niān · to pick up 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense