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


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