探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
As easy as reaching into your own bag and taking something out: said of a task that someone can carry out with no effort at all. Usually used in a comparison, after a word meaning 'like'.
Thò tay vào túi lấy đồ: việc dễ như trở bàn tay, làm được ngay mà chẳng tốn chút sức nào. Thường dùng trong lối so sánh, kiểu “dễ như lấy đồ trong túi”.
Register: literary
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 囊 = nang · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thám nang thủ vật” (tham-nang-thu-vat). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “探囊取物” mean?
As easy as reaching into your own bag and taking something out: said of a task that someone can carry out with no effort at all. Usually used in a comparison, after a word meaning 'like'. Literally: reach into a bag and take the thing
Is “探囊取物” formal or informal?
探囊取物 is generally literary.