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迎刃而解

yíng rèn ér jiě

4-character word

What 迎刃而解 means

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

The characters in 迎刃而解

• 迎yíngto welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)…
• 刃rènedge of blade
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split

Example sentences

• 在不久的将来这些问题都会迎刃而解。
  Zài bù jiǔ de jiānglái zhèxiē wèntí dōu huì yíngrèn'érjiě.
  These problems will be solved in the near future.