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不费吹灰之力

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6-character word Traditional 不費吹灰之力

What 不费吹灰之力 means

1. as easy as blowing off dust
2. effortless
3. with ease

The characters in 不费吹灰之力

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast
• 灰huīash; dust; lime
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 她不费吹灰之力就把问题解决了。
  Tā bùfèichuīhuīzhīlì jiù bǎ wèntí jiějué le.
  She solved the problem with ease.