迎刃而解

yíngrèn'érjiě

easily handle a situation

Wiktionary

Homographs

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

Entry Composition

=1 迎 yíng
  1. to welcome; to meet
  2. to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
=1 迎 yìng
  1. (obsolete) to prepare to greet a guest before their arrival
  2. 42nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌯)
  3. to prepare to greet a guest before their arrival
2 刃 rèn edge of blade
3 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
=4 解 Xiè surname Xie
=4 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
=4 解 jiè to transport under guard
=4 解 xiè
  1. acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
  2. variant of 懈 xiè and 邂 xiè (old)
=4 解 hài used in 解州 (Xièzhōu)