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


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