小菜一碟 (xiǎo cài-yì dié) — (idiom) a piece of cake; very easy
Definition
An informal, spoken idiom meaning "a piece of cake" — something trivially easy for the speaker. More casual than 轻而易举, which is formal/written.
idiom
a piece of cakevery easy
Examples
- 小菜一碟。Zuò zhè dào tí duì wǒ lái shuō xiǎo cài-yì dié.Doing this problem is a piece of cake for me.
- ，小菜一碟。Tā xué zhōng wén sān nián le, kàn zhòng wén xīn wén xiǎo cài-yì dié.He has studied Chinese for three years; reading Chinese news is a piece of cake for him.
- ，小菜一碟，。Bié dān xīn, zhè jiàn shì xiǎo cài-yì dié, wǒ shí fēn zhōng jiù néng wán chéng.Don't worry, this is a piece of cake. I can finish it in ten minutes.
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