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巧干
qiǎo gàn
Pinyin
Definition
巧干
-
qiǎo gàn
to work resourcefully
to apply intelligence
Character Decomposition
巧
工
一
㇉
干
干
Related Words
(20)
巧克力
qiǎo kè lì
1
chocolate (loanword)
2
CL:塊|块[kuài]
技巧
jì qiǎo
1
skill
2
technique
乖巧
guāi qiǎo
1
clever (child)
2
smart
3
lovable
4
cute
小巧
xiǎo qiǎo
1
small and exquisite
2
delicate
3
fine (features)
4
compact
5
nifty
巧
qiǎo
1
opportunely
2
coincidentally
3
as it happens
4
skillful
5
timely
巧合
qiǎo hé
1
coincidence
2
coincidental
3
to coincide
巧妙
qiǎo miào
1
ingenious
2
clever
3
ingenuity
4
artifice
巧妇
qiǎo fù
1
clever wife
2
ingenious housewife
3
Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
恰巧
qià qiǎo
1
fortunately
2
unexpectedly
3
by coincidence
碰巧
pèng qiǎo
1
by chance
2
by coincidence
3
to happen to
七巧板
qī qiǎo bǎn
1
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
不巧
bù qiǎo
1
too bad
2
unfortunately
3
as luck would have it
偏巧
piān qiǎo
1
by coincidence
2
it so happened that
3
fortunately
4
against expectation
刚巧
gāng qiǎo
1
by chance
2
by coincidence
3
by good luck
取巧
qǔ qiǎo
1
quick fix
2
opportune short cut (around a difficulty)
3
cheap trick (to get what one wants)
4
to pull a fast one
可巧
kě qiǎo
1
by happy coincidence
小巧玲珑
xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng
1
dainty and delicate
2
exquisite
巧匠
qiǎo jiàng
1
skilled workman
巧家
Qiǎo jiā
1
Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhāo tōng], Yunnan
巧干
qiǎo gàn
1
to work resourcefully
2
to apply intelligence
Idioms
(7)
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
1
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
1
to fabricate excuses (idiom)
2
to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
1
lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
2
fig. to have a glib tongue
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
1
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
巧诈不如拙诚
qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng
1
the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)
2
honesty is the best policy
熟能生巧
shú néng shēng qiǎo
1
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
花言巧语
huā yán qiǎo yǔ
1
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words
2
cheating wheedling
3
dishonest rhetoric
Sample Sentences