如烹小鲜
rú​pēng​xiǎo​xiān

to do something with ease

  • created sense approved 如烹小鲜/如烹小鮮 · rú​pēng​xiǎo​xiān · to do something with ease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如烹小鲜 / 如烹小鮮

    rú​pēng​xiǎo​xiān

    to do something with ease

    (idiom) to handle a situation with ease or lightness; specifically to govern a large state as if cooking a small fish, meaning to do so without over-handling or causing unnecessary disturbance

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 烹 (literal) → 烹 · pēng · to cook 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 鲜 (literal) → 鲜/鮮 · xiān · delicacy

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

    created sense