like hot water melting snow; easily solved
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
like pouring hot water on snow; extremely easy to accomplish or resolve
literaryThis chengyu describes problems or tasks that can be solved with extreme ease, implying the solution is swift and effortless. It is commonly used in both written and spoken Chinese to emphasize the lack of difficulty.
Yǒu有
le了
tā他
de的
bāng帮
zhù助
，
zhè这
gè个
wèn问
tí题
rú如
tāng汤
wò沃
xuě雪
，
hěn很
kuài快
jiù就
jiě解
jué决
le了
。
With his help, this problem was solved as easily as pouring hot water on snow, resolved very quickly.
Duì对
tā他
lái来
shuō说
，
zhè这
zhǒng种
shù数
xué学
tí题
rú如
tāng汤
wò沃
xuě雪
，
gēn根
běn本
bù不
fèi费
lì力
qi气
。
For him, this kind of math problem is as easy as melting snow with hot water, requiring no effort at all.
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Zhǐ只
yào要
wǒ我
men们
qí齐
xīn心
xié协
lì力
，
zhè这
gè个
kùn困
nán难
jiù就
huì会
rú如
tāng汤
wò沃
xuě雪
bān般
xiāo消
sàn散
。
As long as we work together, this difficulty will dissipate like snow under hot water.