举手之劳

jǔ shǒu zhī láo

Definitions

1. lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)
2. fig. a very slight effort

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Child Words of 举手之劳

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

hand

to lift

to raise a hand

to toil