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In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「迎刃而解」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
The original meaning is that when splitting bamboo, once the first few sections are broken, the ones below will split along the edge of the knife. A metaphor for handling things and solving problems smoothly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yíng rèn ér jiě
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ying4 yan6 yi4 gaai2
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