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信手拈來 (seon3 sau2 nim1 loi4) — have one's words at hand/have material, etc. at one's fingertips in Cantonese

seon˗₃信sauˊ²手nimˉ¹拈loiˎ₄來
简 信手拈来
Mandarin Pinyin: xin4 shou3 nian1 lai2

Meaning of 信手拈來

nounhave one's words at hand/have material, etc. at one's fingertips

Characters in 信手拈來

信seon3
letter; mail; news
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten
拈nim1
pick up with fingers
來loi4
used after a verb to indicate the result

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