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唾手可得

Mandarin · pinyin tuò shǒu kě dé

easily obtained
readily available

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唾: tuò · spit, spit on; saliva
手: shǒu · hand
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire

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4–3–3–2 · tuo4 shou3 ke3 de2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

to3 sau2 ho2 dak1

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(idiomatic) extremely easy to obtain; at one's fingertips

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