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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「舉手之勞」, with more below.

The idiom 「舉手之勞」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

It’s as hard as raising one’s hand. Describes something that is easy and effortless.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jǔ shǒu zhī láo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

geui2 sau2 ji1 lou4

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