巧 qiǎo
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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) -
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) -
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) -
qiǎo
adjective
false
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Synonymous with 伪 in this sense (GHC '巧' 3; Guoyu '巧' adj 4) -
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) -
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) -
qiǎo
verb
to cheat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '巧' 2) -
qiǎo
bound form
agape
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Bound with 巧老 'open and hollow' (Kroll 2015 '巧' 5)
Contained in
- 不巧 unfortunately ; bad; harmful
- 不凑巧(不湊巧) unluckily
- 取巧 to make a quick fix; to do a cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one
- 巧发奇中(巧發奇中) skilled fortune telling
- 诈巧(詐巧) a deceitful trick
- 巧思 a clever idea
- 巧固球 tchoukball
- 巧工 a skilled artisan ; a skilled worker
- 乞巧 a skill test on the 7th day of the 7th month
- 花巧 fancy
- 纤巧(纖巧) delicate; dainty
- 巧手 skillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
- 巧诈(巧詐) deceitful; crafty; artful
- 巧言令色 to flatter with artful speech and ingratiating manners
- 灵巧(靈巧) dexterous
- 七巧 an evening of the seventh month when the Cow Herd and Spinning Damsel constellations meet
- 碰巧 by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- 小巧玲珑(小巧玲瓏) dainty and delicate; exquisite
- 巧舌如簧 to have a tongue like a reed; to have a glib tongue
- 可巧 by coincidence
- 巧合 by coincidence; coincidentally
- 慢工出巧匠 patient work makes a skilled craftsman
- 巧遇 to meet by chance
- 尝巧(嘗巧) to test somebody's ability
- 机巧(機巧) cunning; dexterous; ingenious ; scheming; plotting ; an ingenious machine
- 巧雕 sculpture of clevernes
- 巧匠 a skilled worker
- 七巧板 tangram
- 投机取巧(投機取巧) to seize every opportunity; to be full of tricks
- 无巧不成书(無巧不成書) curious coincidence
- 巧笑 a beautiful smile
- 正巧 by chance
- 小巧 exquisite
- 淫巧 specious; dishonest
- 巧克力脆片 chocolate chip
- 巧妙手段 an ingenious move
- 凑巧(湊巧) fortuitously; luckily
- 巧不可阶(巧不可階) unmatchable
- 来得早不如来得巧(來得早不如來得巧) arriving early can't beat coming at the right time; perfect timing
- 巧妇难为无米之炊(巧婦難為無米之炊) The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice; You won't get anywhere without equipment.
- 巧辩(巧辯) to argue skillfully ; to argue tenaciously
- 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
- 辞巧(辭巧) masterful expressions
- 心灵手巧(心靈手巧) capable; clever; dexterous
- 巧诋(巧詆) slander
- 恰巧 by chance; fortunately
- 巧克力 chocolate
- 弄巧成拙 to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
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- 第二回 Chapter 118 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
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- 第二回 Chapter 113 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
- 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 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