splits off as it meets the edge of knife without effort
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í NgR è NL ì Ji ě, which means dealing with things and solving problems smoothly. It's from Shengwu Ji.
The origin of Idioms
The second volume of Shengwu Ji written by Wei Yuan of the Qing Dynasty: "if Gou's officers and soldiers drive long, Lizhou, Changde and Xiangyin will be able to attack Changsha."
Idiom usage
It's very smooth.
Chinese PinYin : yíng rèn lì jiě
splits off as it meets the edge of knife without effort
bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind. bēi tiān mǐn rén
live in straitened circumstances. pá shū yǐn shuǐ