the force needed to blow away dust; a tiny effort; a cinch
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
the tiniest amount of effort; a cinch
neutralAlmost exclusively used in the negative or in rhetorical questions to emphasize how easy something is, as in 不费吹灰之力 (without expending the slightest effort). It can also be used in hypothetical statements to downplay difficulty.
Jiě解
jué决
zhè这
zhǒng种
xiǎo小
wèn问
tí题
，
jiǎn简
zhí直
bú不
fèi费
chuī吹
huī灰
zhī之
lì力
。
Solving this little problem is a total cinch.
Duì对
tā他
ér而
yán言
，
yíng赢
dé得
zhè这
chǎng场
bǐ比
sài赛
bú不
fèi费
chuī吹
huī灰
zhī之
lì力
。
For him, winning this match requires no effort at all.
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Zhè这
diǎn点
xiǎo小
shì事
，
hái还
yòng用
dé得
zháo着
fèi费
chuī吹
huī灰
zhī之
lì力
ma吗
？
For such a trivial matter, would it even require the slightest effort?
Ruò若
xiǎng想
wán完
chéng成
，
zhǐ只
xū需
chuī吹
huī灰
zhī之
lì力
。
If you want to finish it, it'll take only the tiniest bit of effort.