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奇妙

qí miào · qi miao

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Meaning

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  1. wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
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  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)这(zhè)朵(duǒ)云(yún)，形状(xíngzhuàng)真(zhēn)奇妙(qímiào)！

    Look at this cloud. Its shape is amazing!

  2. Dengdeng

    像(xiàng)什么(shénme)？

    Like what?

  3. Liangliang

    像(xiàng)一(yī)条(tiáo)鱼(yú)。

    Like a fish.

  4. Dengdeng

    不对(bùduì)，像(xiàng)一(yī)只(zhī)鸟(niǎo)。大自然(dàzìrán)真(zhēn)奇妙(qímiào)。

    No, like a bird. Nature is amazing.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，它(tā)又(yòu)变(biàn)了(le)，像(xiàng)一个(yīgè)大(dà)面包(miànbāo)。

    Look, it changed again. It looks like a big loaf of bread.

  6. Dengdeng

    真(zhēn)奇妙(qímiào)，一(yī)朵(duǒ)云(yún)都(dōu)能(néng)让(ràng)我(wǒ)饿(è)。

    So amazing. Even a cloud can make me hungry.

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2 examples
01

有(yǒu)时(shí)候(hou)，现(xiàn)实(shí)比(bǐ)科(kē)幻(huàn)还(hái)奇(qí)妙(miào)。

Sometimes reality is even more marvelous than science fiction.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by Aghanim · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

02

他(tā)有(yǒu)着(zhe)奇(qí)妙(miào)的(de)想(xiǎng)法(fǎ)。

He has wonderful ideas.

Tatoeba: Chinese by suitchic · English by curtisdavid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

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