巧妙

qiǎo miào · qiao miao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. ingenious; clever
  2. ingenuity; artifice

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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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