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巧 haau2 {qiǎo}

  1. opportunely
  2. coincidentally
  3. as it happens
  4. skillful
  5. timely

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巧遇 haau2 jyu6 {qiǎo yù}

verb; to come across or run into one unexpectedly

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巧妙 haau2 miu6 {qiǎo miào}

(adjective) Nifty

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巧辯〔-辩〕 haau2 bin6 {qiǎo biàn}

  1. to argue skillfully or plausibly
  2. rhetoric

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巧婦〔-妇〕 haau2 fu5 {qiǎo fù}

  1. clever wife
  2. ingenious housewife
  3. Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

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巧家 haau2 gaa1 {Qiǎo jiā}

Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan

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巧計〔-计〕 haau2 gai3 {qiǎo jì}

  1. maneuver
  2. scheme

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巧幹〔-干〕 haau2 gon3 {qiǎo gàn}

  1. to work resourcefully
  2. to apply intelligence

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巧合 haau2 hap6 {qiǎo hé}

  1. coincidence
  2. coincidental
  3. to coincide

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巧人 haau2 jan4 {qiǎo rén}

Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)

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巧妙 haau2 miu6 {qiǎo miào}

  1. ingenious
  2. clever
  3. ingenuity
  4. artifice

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巧手 haau2 sau2 {qiǎo shǒu}

  1. skillful hands
  2. dexterous
  3. a dab hand

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巧詐〔-诈〕 haau2 zaa3 {qiǎo zhà}

  1. deceitful
  2. crafty
  3. artful

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巧匠 haau2 zoeng6 {qiǎo jiàng}

skilled workman

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巧家縣〔--县〕 haau2 gaa1 jyun6 {Qiǎo jiā xiàn}

Qiaojia county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan

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巧固球 haau2 gu3 kau4 {qiǎo gù qiú}

tchoukball (loanword)

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巧克力 haau2 hak1 lik6 {qiǎo kè lì}

  1. chocolate (loanword)
  2. CL: 塊

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巧取豪奪〔---夺〕 haau2 ceoi2 hou4 dyut6 {qiǎo qǔ háo duó}

the tricks used by government officials or rich people to scam people of their money in the past

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巧奪天工〔-夺--〕 haau2 dyut6 tin1 gung1 {qiǎo duó tiān gōng}

excellent, magnificent craftsmanship

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巧言令色 haau2 jin4 ling6 sik1 {qiǎo yán lìng sè}

noun; sweet words and an insinuating manner, blandishments

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巧立名目 haau2 laap6 ming4 muk6 {qiǎo lì míng mù}

  1. to fabricate excuses (idiom)
  2. to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)

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巧舌如簧 haau2 sit3 jyu4 wong4 {qiǎo shé rú huáng}

  1. lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
  2. fig. to have a glib tongue

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巧克力脆片 haau2 hak1 lik6 ceoi3 pin2 {qiǎo kè lì cuì piàn}

chocolate chip

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巧詐不如拙誠〔-诈---诚〕 haau2 zaa3 bat1 jyu4 zyut3 sing4 {qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng}

  1. the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)
  2. honesty is the best policy

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巧婦難為無米之炊〔-妇难为无---〕 haau2 fu5 naan4 wai4 mou4 mai5 zi1 ceoi1 {qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī}

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

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