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遊刃有餘 (jau4 jan6 jau5 jyu4) — handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily in Cantonese

jauˎ₄遊janˍ₆刃jauˏ₅有jyuˎ₄餘
简 游刃有余
Mandarin Pinyin: you2 ren4 you3 yu2

Meaning of 遊刃有餘

nounhandling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily

Characters in 遊刃有餘

遊jau4
befriend; associate with
刃jan6
blade or edge of a knife, sword, etc
有jau5
there is; exist; be present
餘jyu4
spare time after an event

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