迎刃而解

Traditional form:

迎刃而解

Pinyin (reading):

yíngrèn'érjiě

Definitions:

• lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
• fig. easily solved

Characters:

• 迎 - to welcome, to receive, to greet
• 刃 - edged tool, cutlery, knife edge
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie

Traditional characters:

• 迎 - to welcome, to receive, to greet
• 刃 - edged tool, cutlery, knife edge
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie