Definition
This is a four-character idiom (成语) meaning 'a light carriage on a familiar road' — it describes a task that someone can do easily because they have done it many times before. Use it to talk about routine work or a skill that comes naturally through experience. It often appears as a predicate or attributive: 对他来说，这简直是轻车熟路 ('For him, this is a piece of cake').
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a routine task for someone experiencedsomething done with ease due to familiarity
Examples
- ，轻车熟路。Tā zuò le èrshí nián kuàijì, chǔlǐ zhè zhǒng bàobiǎo qīng chē.He has been an accountant for twenty years, so handling this kind of report is a routine task for him.
- ，轻车熟路。Duì lǎo sījī lái shuō, kāi shānlù yě shì qīng chē.For an experienced driver, driving on mountain roads is also something they can do with ease.
- ，轻车熟路。Zhège xiàngmù tā zuò guò hěn duō cì, zǎo jiù qīng chē le.He has done this project many times, so it's long been a routine task for him.
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