迎刃而解

Chinese

		to welcome	edge of blade	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (迎刃而解)		迎	刃	而	解
simp. #(迎刃而解)		迎	刃	而	解
alternative forms		迎刄而解

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngrèn'érjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˋ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ jan⁶ ji⁴ gaai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-līm-lî-kái / gêng-jīm-jî-kái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngrèn'érjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˋ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngrèn-érjiě
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-jên⁴-êrh²-chieh³
    • Yale: yíng-rèn-ér-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngrennerljiee
    • Palladius: инжэньэрцзе (inžɛnʹercze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ ʐən⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ jan⁶ ji⁴ gaai²
    • Yale: yìhng yahn yìh gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ jan⁶ ji⁴ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ yen⁶ yi⁴ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ jɐn²² jiː²¹ kaːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-līm-lî-kái
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-līm-lî-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: genglixmli'kae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lim²²⁻²¹ li²⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-jīm-jî-kái
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-jīm-jî-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengjixmji'kae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ zim³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ kai⁴¹/

Idiom

迎刃而解

1. easily handle a situation

   • 捉住了這個主要矛盾，一切問題就迎刃而解了。 [MSC, trad.]
     捉住了这个主要矛盾，一切问题就迎刃而解了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《矛盾論》 (On Contradiction), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhuōzhù le zhège zhǔyào máodùn, yīqiè wèntí jiù yíngrèn'érjiě le. [Pinyin]

     Once this principal contradiction is grasped, all problems can be readily solved.