巧 qiǎo

1. qiǎo adverb opportune; coincidental; lucky; timely
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 恰好 (CC-CEDICT '巧'; GHC '巧' 4; Guoyu '巧' adv; Kroll 2015 '巧' 4; Mathews 1931 '巧', p. 101)
2. qiǎo adjective artfully crafted
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, of an object created by a skilled artisan (Guoyu '巧' adj 3)
3. qiǎo adjective beautiful; charming
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 美好 or 美丽 in this sense (GHC '巧' 2; Guoyu '巧' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '巧' 1b)
4. qiǎo adjective false
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 伪 in this sense (GHC '巧' 3; Guoyu '巧' adj 4)
5. qiǎo noun acumen; skill; talent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 技巧 (GHC '巧' 1; Guoyu '巧' n; Kroll 2015 '巧' 1)
6. qiǎo noun clever; skillful; masterful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 巧詐不如拙誠 'it is better to be simplictically honest than cleverly deceitful'; from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (CC-CEDICT '巧'; DCP 'Q102'; Guoyu '巧' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '巧' 3; Mathews 1931 '巧', p. 101)
7. qiǎo verb to cheat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '巧' 2)
8. qiǎo bound form agape
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Bound with 巧老 'open and hollow' (Kroll 2015 '巧' 5)

Contained in

• 巧克力 chocolate
• 七巧 an evening of the seventh month when the Cow Herd and Spinning Damsel constellations meet
• 弄巧成拙 to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
• 巧言令色 to flatter with artful speech and ingratiating manners
• 巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
• 正巧 by chance
• 乖巧 clever; smart; lovable; cute
• 精巧 elaborate
• 小巧玲珑(小巧玲瓏) dainty and delicate; exquisite
• 熟能生巧 practice makes perfect
• 巧诈(巧詐) deceitful; crafty; artful
• 巧干(巧幹) to work resourcefully; to apply intelligence
• 可巧 by coincidence
• 巧佞 schemers and flatterers
• 轻巧(輕巧) dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
• 恰巧 by chance; fortunately
• 不巧 unfortunately ; bad; harmful
• 智巧 wisdom and cleverness; wise and cunning
• 无巧不成书(無巧不成書) curious coincidence
• 乞巧 a skill test on the 7th day of the 7th month
• 尝巧(嘗巧) to test somebody's ability
• 取巧 to make a quick fix; to do a cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one
• 凑巧(湊巧) fortuitously; luckily
• 巧妇鸟(巧婦鳥) tailorbird; wren
• 不凑巧(不湊巧) unluckily
• 机巧(機巧) cunning; dexterous; ingenious ; scheming; plotting ; an ingenious machine
• 巧人 Homo habilis
• 慢工出巧匠 patient work makes a skilled craftsman
• 巧匠 a skilled worker
• 巧工 a skilled artisan ; a skilled worker
• 心灵手巧(心靈手巧) capable; clever; dexterous
• 巧笑 a beautiful smile
• 花巧 fancy
• 巧雕 sculpture of clevernes
• 巧夺天工(巧奪天工) skill rivalling heaven
• 巧妙 ingenious; clever
• 刚巧(剛巧) by chance; by coincidence; by good luck
• 巧手 skillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
• 巧固球 tchoukball
• 牙机巧制(牙機巧制) ingenious gear machine; elaborate contraption
• 巧妇(巧婦) clever wife; ingenious housewife ; Eurasian wren
• 工巧 a skilled worker ; beautiful; refined
• 诈巧(詐巧) a deceitful trick
• 巧立名目 to fabricate excuses; to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
• 巧妙手段 an ingenious move
• 巧言令色鲜矣仁(巧言令色鮮矣仁) flattering speech and an ingratiating expression are rarely associated with virtue
• 花言巧语(花言巧語) flowery but false speech
• 奸巧 deceitful

Also contained in

巧家县 、 语音技巧 、 巧家

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• 第二回 Chapter 118 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
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• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10