轻巧
qīng qiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

轻巧
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qīng qiǎo
  1. dexterous
  2. deft
  3. easy
  4. light and easy to use
  5. nimble
  6. agile
  7. lithe
  8. graceful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

巧克力
qiǎo kè lì
  1. 1 chocolate (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
技巧
jì qiǎo
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 technique
乖巧
guāi qiǎo
  1. 1 clever (child)
  2. 2 smart
  3. 3 lovable
  4. 4 cute
小巧
xiǎo qiǎo
  1. 1 small and exquisite
  2. 2 delicate
  3. 3 fine (features)
  4. 4 compact
  5. 5 nifty
巧
qiǎo
  1. 1 opportunely
  2. 2 coincidentally
  3. 3 as it happens
  4. 4 skillful
  5. 5 timely
巧合
qiǎo hé
  1. 1 coincidence
  2. 2 coincidental
  3. 3 to coincide
巧妙
qiǎo miào
  1. 1 ingenious
  2. 2 clever
  3. 3 ingenuity
  4. 4 artifice
巧妇
qiǎo fù
  1. 1 clever wife
  2. 2 ingenious housewife
  3. 3 Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
恰巧
qià qiǎo
  1. 1 fortunately
  2. 2 unexpectedly
  3. 3 by coincidence
碰巧
pèng qiǎo
  1. 1 by chance
  2. 2 by coincidence
  3. 3 to happen to
七巧板
qī qiǎo bǎn
  1. 1 tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
不巧
bù qiǎo
  1. 1 too bad
  2. 2 unfortunately
  3. 3 as luck would have it
偏巧
piān qiǎo
  1. 1 by coincidence
  2. 2 it so happened that
  3. 3 fortunately
  4. 4 against expectation
刚巧
gāng qiǎo
  1. 1 by chance
  2. 2 by coincidence
  3. 3 by good luck
取巧
qǔ qiǎo
  1. 1 quick fix
  2. 2 opportune short cut (around a difficulty)
  3. 3 cheap trick (to get what one wants)
  4. 4 to pull a fast one
可巧
kě qiǎo
  1. 1 by happy coincidence
小巧玲珑
xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng
  1. 1 dainty and delicate
  2. 2 exquisite
巧匠
qiǎo jiàng
  1. 1 skilled workman
巧家
Qiǎo jiā
  1. 1 Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhāo tōng], Yunnan
巧干
qiǎo gàn
  1. 1 to work resourcefully
  2. 2 to apply intelligence

Idioms (7)

巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
  1. 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. 1 to fabricate excuses (idiom)
  2. 2 to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
  1. 1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have a glib tongue
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 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. 1 the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)
  2. 2 honesty is the best policy
熟能生巧
shú néng shēng qiǎo
  1. 1 with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
花言巧语
huā yán qiǎo yǔ
  1. 1 graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words
  2. 2 cheating wheedling
  3. 3 dishonest rhetoric

Sample Sentences

有防水的，透明的，轻巧的，还有普通的。
yǒu fángshuǐ de ，tòumíng de ，qīngqiǎo de ，hái yǒu pǔtōng de 。
We have waterproof ones, clear ones, light ones, and normal ones.
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你说得倒轻巧。又是罚款，又是扣分的，我还要不要吃饭了？
nǐ shuō de dào qīngqiǎo 。yòu shì fákuǎn ，yòu shì kòufēn de ，wǒ hái yào bu yào chīfàn le ？
That's easier said than done. Besides getting fined, I'd also have points deducted. What should I do--not eat?
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你说得轻巧。我已经半年没工作、没收入了。我怎么豁达？
nǐ shuō de qīngqiǎo 。wǒ yǐjīng bàn nián méi gōngzuò 、mò shōurù le 。wǒ zěnme huòdá ？
You make it sound so easy. I've already been out of a job for half a year, and I don't have any income. How am I supposed to be optimistic?
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