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轻车熟路 (qīng chē shú lù) — a routine task for someone experienced; something done with ease due to familiarity

Definition

Idiom: a task feels so familiar you handle it 'like driving a light cart on a familiar road' — emphasizes ease through long experience, not skill alone.

idiom
a routine task for someone experiencedsomething done with ease due to familiarity

Examples

  • ，轻车熟路。
    Tā zuò le èr shí nián kuài jì, chǔ lǐ zhè zhǒng bào biǎo qīng chē shú lù.
    He has been an accountant for twenty years, so handling this kind of report is a routine task for him.
  • ，轻车熟路。
    Duì lǎo sī jī lái shuō, kāi shān lù yě shì qīng chē shú lù.
    For an experienced driver, driving on mountain roads is also something they can do with ease.
  • ，轻车熟路。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù tā zuò guò hěn duō cì, zǎo jiù qīng chē shú lù le.
    He has done this project many times, so it's long been a routine task for him.

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