探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
Pinyin

Definition

探囊取物
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tàn náng qǔ wù
  1. to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
  2. in the bag

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
zhēn tàn
  1. 1 detective
  2. 2 to do detective work
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],個|个[gè]
zhí wù
  1. 1 plant
  2. 2 vegetation
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
huò qǔ
  1. 1 to gain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to acquire
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
gòu wù
  1. 1 shopping
lǐng qǔ
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to draw
  3. 3 to get
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
Lì wù pǔ
  1. 1 Liverpool (England)
dòng wù yuán
  1. 1 zoo
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
huà hé wù
  1. 1 chemical compound
bó wù guǎn
  1. 1 museum
qù qǔ
  1. 1 to accept or reject
  1. 1 to take
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to choose
  4. 4 to fetch
qǔ dài
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 to supersede
  3. 3 to supplant
  4. 4 (chemistry) substitution
qǔ chū
  1. 1 to take out
  2. 2 to extract
  3. 3 to draw out
qǔ shèng
  1. 1 to score a victory
  2. 2 to prevail over one's opponents
qǔ míng
  1. 1 to name
  2. 2 to be named
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to seek fame

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
gè qǔ suǒ xū
  1. 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
  2. 2 nosy
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
  1. 1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
  2. 2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)
慷慨解囊
kāng kǎi jiě náng
  1. 1 to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money
  2. 2 to give generously to charity
战无不胜,攻无不取
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ
  1. 1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
  2. 2 ever victorious
  3. 3 nothing they can't do
舍生取义
shě shēng qǔ yì
  1. 1 to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life
  2. 2 would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
  1. 1 to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
  2. 2 in the bag
探头探脑
tàn tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
探骊得珠
tàn lí dé zhū
  1. 1 to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
  2. 2 to see through to the nub

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