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狡猾

jiǎo huá · jiao hua

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HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. crafty; cunning; sly
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The clever fox

  1. Liangliang

    故事(gùshi)里(lǐ)的(de)狐狸(húli)太(tài)狡猾(jiǎohuá)了(le)。

    The fox in the story is so cunning.

  2. Dengdeng

    它(tā)怎么(zěnme)狡猾(jiǎohuá)了(le)？

    How is it cunning?

  3. Liangliang

    它(tā)骗(piàn)乌鸦(wūyā)唱歌(chànggē)，乌鸦(wūyā)一(yī)张嘴(zhāngzuǐ)，肉(ròu)就(jiù)掉(diào)了(le)。

    It tricked the crow into singing. The moment the crow opened its beak, the meat fell.

  4. Dengdeng

    乌鸦(wūyā)也(yě)太(tài)容易(róngyì)相信(xiāngxìn)人(rén)了(le)吧(ba)。

    The crow trusts people way too easily.

  5. Liangliang

    所以(suǒyǐ)狐狸(húli)很(hěn)狡猾(jiǎohuá)，我们(wǒmen)要(yào)小心(xiǎoxīn)。

    So the fox is cunning and we must be careful.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

人(rén)们(men)说(shuō)，狐(hú)狸(li)比(bǐ)其(qí)他(tā)动(dòng)物(wù)要(yào)狡(jiǎo)猾(huá)。

People say that the fox is more cunning than other animals.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Gustav249 · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(gè)狡(jiǎo)猾(huá)的(de)骗(piàn)子(zi)用(yòng)假(jiǎ)身(shēn)份(fèn)骗(piàn)走(zǒu)了(le)老(lǎo)人(rén)的(de)积(jī)蓄(xù)。

This cunning swindler used a fake identity to cheat the elderly person out of their savings.

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