輕車熟路

Chinese

light; easy; gentle
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
 
vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
familiar; skilled; ripe
familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
 
road; path; way
trad. (輕車熟路)
simp. (轻车熟路)

Etymology

See 駕輕就熟驾轻就熟 (jiàqīngjiùshú).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qīngchēshúlù, qīngchēshóulù, qīngjūshúlù
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄜ ㄕㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄜ ㄕㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄩ ㄕㄨˊ ㄌㄨˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): hing1 ce1 suk6 lou6

Idiom

輕車熟路

  1. to perform a task with which one is very familiar with great ease

Synonyms