游刃有余 yóu rèn yǒu yú — to handle a task with easy mastery; more than equal to it

游刃有余
yóu rèn yǒu yú

Characters: 游 · 刃 · 有 · 余

Definitions

  1. to handle a task with easy mastery; more than equal to it

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom)
  2. to do sth skillfully and easily

ExtDict

  1. 刀刃运转于骨节空隙中，在有回旋的余地。比喻工作熟练，有实际经验，解决问题毫不费事。

Examples

  • 干了十几年，他处理这类问题早已游刃有余。

    Having done this for over ten years, he handles such problems with easy mastery.

  • 这份工作对他来说游刃有余。

    This job is well within his competence.