易如反掌

Traditional form:

易如反掌

Pinyin (reading):

yìrúfǎnzhǎng

Definitions:

• easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy
• no effort at all

Characters:

• 易 - to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot

Traditional characters:

• 易 - to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot