妙 miào
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miào
adjective
wonderful; fantastic
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: mjiewH ; as in 美妙 (Guoyu '妙' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '妙' 1; NCCED '妙' 2) -
miào
adjective
clever
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '妙' 3) -
miào
adjective
subtle; mysterious; profound; abstruse; mystical
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 神奇, as in 奇妙 (Guoyu '妙' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '妙' 2; NCCED '妙' 1) As used by Zhi Yi of the Tiantai Buddhist school and others. Zhi Yi remarked in the Fa Hua Xuan Yi that 'That which is beyond conceptualization is called subtle.' (Swanson 1989, p. 15) -
miào
adjective
fine; delicate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '妙' 1; Kroll 2015 '妙' 2a) -
miào
adjective
young
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 幼小 (Guoyu '妙' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '妙' 3) -
miào
adjective
interesting
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 有趣 (Guoyu '妙' adj 3) -
miào
noun
profound reasoning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '妙' n 1) -
miào
proper noun
Miao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '妙' n 1)
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- 妙手空空 petty thief ( quick fingered and vanish); empty-handed; having nothing
- 妙策 a clever plan
- 妙诀(妙訣) an ingenious secret method
- 绝妙好辞(絕妙好辭) beautiful words
- 玄妙 mysterious; profound; abstruse
- 妙舞 an ellegant dance
- 穷极其妙(窮極其妙) extremely fine
- 妙用 skillful use; magical use
- 妙计(妙計) a brilliant plan
- 理微妙 a subtle and wonderful princple
- 妙不可言 too wonderful for words
- 妙语(妙語) witticism
- 妙道 a profound principle
- 灵丹妙药(靈丹妙藥) a miraculous cure
- 妙在不言中 the charm lies in what is left unsaid
- 灵妙(靈妙) wonderful; ingenious
- 锦囊妙计(錦囊妙計) brocade sack of miracle plans; bag of tricks; fiendishly cunning masterplan
- 微妙 subtle and wonderous
- 谈玄說妙(談玄说妙) to talk about mysticism
- 不妙 (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
- 神妙隽美(神妙雋美) outstanding and elegant; remarkable and refined
- 神妙 wonderful
- 妙招 smart move; clever way of doing something
- 莫名其妙 subtle and ineffable; unable to make head or tail of it
- 妙探寻凶(妙探尋兇) Cluedo (board game)
- 婉妙 sweet; soft; lovely (of sounds and voices)
- 妙语如珠(妙語如珠) sparkling with wit
- 妙趣横生(妙趣橫生) endlessly interesting; very witty
- 妙手 highly skilled person
- 妙好 elaborate and beautiful
- 唯妙唯肖 portrayed in a clever manner
- 妙语横生(妙語橫生) to be full of wit and humor
- 巧妙 ingenious; clever
- 妙笔(妙筆) talented, gifted or ingenious writing
- 妙笔生花(妙筆生花) gifted or skillful writing
- 妙趣 witty; clever; amusing
- 生花妙笔(生花妙筆) beautiful or talented writing
- 妙手回春 magical hands bring the dying back to life; miracle cure; brilliant doctor
- 精妙 exquisite; fine and delicate
- 绝妙(絕妙) exquisite
- 妙语连珠(妙語連珠) sparkling with wit
- 徼妙 mystical
- 美妙 beautiful; wonderful; splendid
- 巧妙手段 an ingenious move
- 奇妙 fantastic; wonderful
- 妙妙熊历险记(妙妙熊歷險記) Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Disney animated series)
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- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 23
- 第二回 Chapter 17 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 21
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 卷三百〇一 列傳第一百八十九 列女一 Volume 301 Biographies 189: Exemplary Women 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
- 卷114 釋老志十 Volume 114: Treatise 10 - Buddhism and Daoism Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 11
- 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 11
- 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
Collocations
- 妙反 (妙反) 音匹妙反 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 7
- 要妙 (要妙) 以窮要妙之望 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八 本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 6
- 妙简 (妙簡) 于是制詔公卿妙简其选 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十九上 儒林列傳 Volume 79a: Biographies of Confucian Scholars 1 — count: 5
- 清妙 (清妙) 清妙之合專易 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 5
- 众妙 (眾妙) 散意於眾妙之門者有年矣 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十一 列傳第二十一 皇甫謐 摯虞 束皙 王接 Volume 51 Biographies 21: Huangfu Mi; Zhi Yu; Shu Xi; Wang Jie — count: 3
- 妙思 (妙思) 責衡何獨妙思於機巧者也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 3
- 特妙 (特妙) 張衡機術特妙 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang — count: 3
- 殊妙 (殊妙) 音節殊妙 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu — count: 3
- 妙选 (妙選) 妙選有德之世 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十七 蓋諸葛劉鄭孫毌將何傳 Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He — count: 3
- 字妙 (字妙) 泉字妙才 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 3