(of written or spoken material) easy to understand / accessible
驾轻就熟
jià qīng jiù shú
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello
说来话长
shuō lái huà cháng
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
江山易改禀性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yí
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
瓮中捉鳖
wèng zhōng zhuō biē
to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom) / to set oneself an easy target / a turkey shoot
终南捷径
zhōng nán jié jìng
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career / easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
知易行难
zhī yì xíng nán
easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
手到拈来
shǒu dào niān lái
lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom) / fig. easy to do
永无宁日
yǒng wú níng rì
(in such circumstances) there will be no peace / one can never breathe easy
to pick up cress / fig. sth easy to do / a piece of cake
既来之,则安之
jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
明枪好躲,暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲,暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies