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巧妙

qiǎo miào · qiao miao

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HSK 6Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. ingenious; clever
  2. ingenuity; artifice
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The clever box

  1. Liangliang

    你看(nǐkàn)，这个(zhège)小盒子(xiǎohézi)设计(shèjì)得(de)真(zhēn)巧妙(qiǎomiào)！

    Look, this little box is so cleverly designed!

  2. Dengdeng

    哪里(nǎlǐ)巧妙(qiǎomiào)？

    Where is it clever?

  3. Liangliang

    打开(dǎkāi)是(shì)小桌子(xiǎozhuōzi)，合上(héshàng)是(shì)盒子(hézi)。

    Open, it is a small table. Closed, it is a box.

  4. Dengdeng

    真是(zhēnshi)个(gè)巧妙(qiǎomiào)的(de)主意(zhǔyi)，我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)买(mǎi)一个(yīgè)。

    What a clever idea. I want to buy one too.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)的(de)房间(fángjiān)里(lǐ)已经(yǐjīng)有(yǒu)三张(sānzhāng)小桌子(xiǎozhuōzi)了(le)。

    But your room already has three small tables.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

惠(huì)子(zǐ)巧(qiǎo)妙(miào)地(de)把(bǎ)碗(wǎn)碟(dié)迭(dié)起(qǐ)再(zài)拿(ná)到(dào)水(shuǐ)槽(cáo)。

Keiko deftly piles up the dishes and takes them to the sink.

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by xtofu80 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

戏(xì)法(fǎ)人(rén)人(rén)会(huì)变(biàn)，各(gè)有(yǒu)巧(qiǎo)妙(miào)不(bù)同(tóng)。

Everyone's tricks are different; each differs in ingenious ways.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Aphima · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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