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

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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