To solve a problem smoothly and effortlessly, as if a bamboo splits as soon as it touches the knife edge.
原意是说，劈竹子时，头上几节一破开，下面的顺着刀口自己就裂开了。比喻处理事情、解决问题很顺利。
《晋书·杜预传》今兵威已振，譬如破竹，数节之后，皆迎刃而解。”
Once the main issue was resolved, all other problems were solved 迎刃而解.
Learn the next connected idiom: 迎刃而解 (yíng rèn ér jiě) → 解放思想 (jiě fàng sī xiǎng)
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