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

• 巧言令色 to flatter with artful speech and ingratiating manners
• 巧工 a skilled artisan ; a skilled worker
• 可巧 by coincidence
• 巧不可阶(巧不可階) unmatchable
• 巧匠 a skilled worker
• 乖巧 clever; smart; lovable; cute
• 巧固球 tchoukball
• 轻巧(輕巧) dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
• 奇巧 clever; ingenious ; crafty; tricky
• 无巧不成书(無巧不成書) curious coincidence
• 恰巧 by chance; fortunately
• 正巧 by chance
• 巧笑 a beautiful smile
• 技巧 skill; technique ; ability for flattery
• 巧笑倩兮 a beautiful smiling expression
• 乞巧 a skill test on the 7th day of the 7th month
• 小巧玲珑(小巧玲瓏) dainty and delicate; exquisite
• 工巧 a skilled worker ; beautiful; refined
• 奸巧 deceitful
• 纤巧(纖巧) delicate; dainty
• 巧佞 schemers and flatterers
• 巧妇(巧婦) clever wife; ingenious housewife ; Eurasian wren
• 取巧 to make a quick fix; to do a cheap trick (to get what one wants); to pull a fast one
• 花言巧语(花言巧語) flowery but false speech
• 巧月 seventh month
• 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
• 弄巧成拙 to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
• 七巧 an evening of the seventh month when the Cow Herd and Spinning Damsel constellations meet
• 巧遇 to meet by chance
• 巧计(巧計) a clever plan; an elegant maneuver
• 巧手 skillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand
• 巧辩(巧辯) to argue skillfully ; to argue tenaciously
• 巧克力脆片 chocolate chip
• 讨巧(討巧) to act cleverly to get what one desires; to get the best at least expense
• 花巧 fancy
• 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.
• 巧妙 ingenious; clever
• 精巧 elaborate
• 巧诈(巧詐) deceitful; crafty; artful
• 不巧 unfortunately ; bad; harmful
• 巧舌 a false statement
• 凑巧(湊巧) fortuitously; luckily
• 心灵手巧(心靈手巧) capable; clever; dexterous
• 巧克力 chocolate
• 巧诋(巧詆) slander
• 巧雕 sculpture of clevernes
• 巧思 a clever idea

Also contained in

工巧国 、 语音技巧 、 巧家县 、 贾巧姐

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• 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 34
• 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: 20
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 12
• 第二回 Chapter 118 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
• 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
• 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10