yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

to do something with ease

  • created reference approved 游刃有余/遊刃有餘 → 一窍不通/一竅不通 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    游刃有余 / 遊刃有餘 yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

    一窍不通 / 一竅不通 yī​qiào​bù​tōng

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  • created reference approved 游刃有余/遊刃有餘 → 无所措手/無所措手 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    游刃有余 / 遊刃有餘 yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

    无所措手 / 無所措手 wú​suǒ​cuò​shǒu

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  • created reference approved 游刃有余/遊刃有餘 → 才不胜任/才不勝任 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    游刃有余 / 遊刃有餘 yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

    才不胜任 / 才不勝任 cái​bù​shèng​rèn

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  • created reference approved 游刃有余/遊刃有餘 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    游刃有余 / 遊刃有餘 yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

    庄子 / 莊子 zhuāng​zǐ

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  • created sense approved 游刃有余/遊刃有餘 · yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú · to do something with ease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    游刃有余 / 遊刃有餘

    yóu​rèn​yǒu​yú

    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|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]] about a butcher so skilled that his blade moved through the gaps between the ox's joints without resistance.

    游刃有餘

    游 (literal) → 游/遊 · yóu · to drift 刃 (literal) → 刃 · rèn · blade edge 有余 (literal) → 有余/有餘 · yǒu​yú · to have extra

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