庖丁解牛

páodīngjiěniú

to be skilled at what one does; to do something with ease; like a hot knife through butter

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Entry Composition

1 庖丁 páodīng
  1. (literary) cook (person who prepares food)
  2. cook (person who prepares food)
=2 解 Xiè surname Xie
=2 解 jiě
  1. to divide
  2. to break up
  3. to split
  4. to separate
  5. to dissolve
  6. to solve
  7. to melt
  8. to remove
  9. to untie
  10. to loosen
  11. to open
  12. to emancipate
  13. to explain
  14. to understand
  15. to know
  16. a solution
  17. a dissection
=2 解 jiè to transport under guard
=2 解 xiè
  1. acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
  2. variant of 懈 xiè and 邂 xiè (old)
=2 解 hài used in 解州 (Xièzhōu)
=3 牛 Niú surname Niu
=3 牛 niú
  1. ox
  2. cow
  3. bull
  4. newton (abbr. for 牛顿 niúdùn)
  5. (slang) awesome

classifiers: 條, 頭