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opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely
HSK 3
skill / technique
HSK 4
chocolate (loanword) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 4
ingenious; clever / ingenuity; artifice
HSK 6
coincidence / coincidental / to coincide
HSK 7-9
clever (child) / smart / lovable / cute
HSK 7-9
deft / nimble / ingenious
HSK 7-9
fortuitously / luckily / as chance has it
HSK 7-9
capable / clever / dexterous
HSK 7-9
by chance / by coincidence / to happen to
HSK 7-9
by chance; as chance would have it
HSK 7-9
elaborate
cunning / dexterous / ingenious
small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
skillful hands / dexterous / a dab hand
dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful
innovative thinking / ingenuity
(idiom) dainty; delicate; exquisite
skilled workman
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
maneuver / scheme
to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
by chance / by coincidence / by good luck
clever wife / ingenious housewife / Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
to be skillful with one's hands / to be manually adroit
to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense
delicate / dainty
to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
to work resourcefully / to apply intelligence
by happy coincidence
to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric
by coincidence / it so happened that / fortunately / against expectation
too bad / unfortunately / as luck would have it
plan / scheme / intelligent / quick-witted
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
dark chocolate
Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
fancy
(Tw) traditional handcrafted toy (e.g. spinning top 陀螺, tangram 七巧板 etc)
unluckily
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time / perfect timing
what a coincidence!
Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)
chocolate chip
tchoukball (loanword)
deceitful / crafty / artful
the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy
patient work makes a skilled craftsman
curious coincidence
phonological skill


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