sth. one knows well and can manage with ease(qīng chē shú lù)

sth. one knows well and can manage with ease

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Q ī ngch ē sh ú L ù, which means driving a light loaded car along a familiar road. It means that things are familiar and easy. It's from the preface to delivering stones.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu's preface to delivering stones to the officials in Tang Dynasty: "if Sima drives a light car, he will be familiar with the road, and Wang Liang and zaofu have done it successively."

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's predicate and object; it's commendatory. He is like Wang Liang, who wants to dance. (song · Xin Qiji's "congratulating the bridegroom" CI)

Idiom story

In the fifth year of Yuanhe in the Tang Dynasty, the court appointed Wu Gong as the censor of the Heyang army. Wu Gong is a man who is thirsty for talents and knows people well. In order to manage his jurisdiction well, he recruited talents to help him with his political affairs. As long as he finds talented people, he will entrust them with important tasks according to their respective advantages and abilities. He often asked his subordinates or servants to recommend talented people to him. So a servant recommended a servant surnamed Shi to him. Although Duke Wu is thirsty for talents and hopes to have more people to help him deal with his political affairs, he must make clear the advantages and disadvantages of these talents while he is seeking talents. So he asked the attendant, "what about the Mr. Shi you recommended to me? Is it really a useful person? " The Chamberlain replied, "Mr. Shi is a man of great insight and wisdom. He is able to distinguish right from wrong, merits and demerits both in his conduct and in his handling of affairs. He is quick to talk, like a river flowing down the river. Eloquence is very good, thinking is also very keen. In addition, he is very skillful in handling affairs, just like Wang Liang, a master in driving a light carriage, walking on a familiar road! "

Chinese PinYin : qīng chē shú lù