巧妙
qiǎo miào
Pinyin

Definition

巧妙
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qiǎo miào
  1. ingenious
  2. clever
  3. ingenuity
  4. artifice

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
莫名其妙
mò míng qí miào
  1. 1 (idiom) baffling
  2. 2 inexplicable
乖巧
guāi qiǎo
  1. 1 clever (child)
  2. 2 smart
  3. 3 lovable
  4. 4 cute
奇妙
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
奥妙
ào miào
  1. 1 marvelous
  2. 2 mysterious
  3. 3 profound
  4. 4 marvel
  5. 5 wonder
妙
miào
  1. 1 clever
  2. 2 wonderful
妙手
miào shǒu
  1. 1 miraculous hands of a healer
  2. 2 highly skilled person
  3. 3 brilliant move in chess or weiqi (go) 圍棋|围棋
妙招
miào zhāo
  1. 1 smart move
  2. 2 clever way of doing sth
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)
微妙
wēi miào
  1. 1 subtle
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
美妙
měi miào
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 wonderful
  3. 3 splendid
七巧板
qī qiǎo bǎn
  1. 1 tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
不妙
bù miào
  1. 1 (of a turn of events) not too encouraging
  2. 2 far from good
  3. 3 anything but reassuring

Idioms (16)

妙在不言中
miào zài bù yán zhōng
  1. 1 the charm lies in what is left unsaid (idiom)
妙手回春
miào shǒu huí chūn
  1. 1 magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure
  2. 2 brilliant doctor
妙语如珠
miào yǔ rú zhū
  1. 1 sparkling with wit (idiom)
妙语连珠
miào yǔ lián zhū
  1. 1 sparkling with wit (idiom)
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
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
神机妙算
shén jī miào suàn
  1. 1 divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom)
  2. 2 clever scheme
  3. 3 supremely clever in his schemes
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
莫名其妙
mò míng qí miào
  1. 1 (idiom) baffling
  2. 2 inexplicable
锦囊妙计
jǐn náng miào jì
  1. 1 brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom); bag of tricks
  2. 2 fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag)
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
  1. 1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 elixir

Sample Sentences

古迹之所以可以放这么久，就是因为以前的建筑质量好，不但材料优质，建筑技术也巧妙。
gǔjì zhīsuǒyǐ kěyǐ fàng zhème jiǔ ，jiùshì yīnwèi yǐqián de jiànzhù zhìliàng hǎo ，bùdàn cáiliào yōuzhì ，jiànzhù jìshù yě qiǎomiào 。
The reason why the monuments can be kept for so long is because the previous buildings are of good quality, not only the materials are high-quality, but the construction techniques are also ingenious.
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成龙当年就是李小龙的接班人，受到公司的力捧，而且去好莱坞又早。最重要的是他很巧妙地把武术和娱乐融和在一起，所以他电影的受众面比李连杰广。
ChéngLóng dāngnián jiùshì LǐXiǎolóng de jiēbānrén ，shòudào gōngsī de lìpěng ，érqiě qù Hǎoláiwū yòu zǎo 。zuì zhòngyào de shì tā hěn qiǎomiào de bǎ wǔshù hé yúlè rónghé zàiyīqǐ ，suǒyǐ tā diànyǐng de shòuzhòngmiàn bǐ LǐLiánjié guǎng 。
Everybody who watches Jackie Chan's movies just sees the performance aspect. His hand and body movements are very showy, but real experts can tell there's not much depth. And his attacking power is no great shakes.
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That's for sure. I think that Chaplin skillfully grasped the characteristics of his era. He used exaggerated methods to portray reality. He's given generations of audiences endless laughs. And hiding behind all the laughter, there's the desolation and loneliness of life. He resonated powerfully with his audiences.
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