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十拿九稳

shí ná jiǔ wěn · literally “ten grabs, nine steady”

Meaning

Extremely likely to succeed; nine parts certain.

In a sentence

With this much practice, passing is 十拿九稳.

Usage note

Slightly less absolute than 十全十美 — it admits a small margin of doubt.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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