| 釋義 |
巧qiǎo? ? (靈巧； 技術高明) skilful; ingenious; clever: 能工 ～ 匠 skilful craftsman; dab hand; 手 ～ clever with one's hands; dexterous; 嘴 ～ smooth-spoken; talk glibly
? (恰好； 正遇某種機會) opportune; coincidental; as it happens; fortuitous; as luck would have it: 來得真 ～ arrive at a most opportune moment; 他偏 ～ 那天不在。 As luck would have it, he was away that day. 無 ～ 不成書。 There is no story without coincidences.
? （虛浮不實的） cunning; deceitful; artful: 花言 ～ 語 honeyed words; deceitful talk
◆巧奪天工 Art beats nature.; a marvelous creation excelling nature; divine skill; It rivals nature.; Man's work beats the work of God; One's works of art may overcome nature.; Skillful handiwork surpasses nature.; superb craftsmanship excelling nature; wonderful workmanship excelling nature; 巧婦難為無米之炊 Even a clever woman [housewife] cannot cook a meal without rice.; If you have no hand you can't make a fist.; One can't make bricks without straw.; No housewife can cook a meal without a food and vegetables.; The cleverest housewife can't cook a meal without rice.; You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.; You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.; You can't make sth. out of nothing.; 巧婦鳥 wren; 巧干 work ingeniously; do sth. in a clever way; 巧合 coincidence; by chance; by coincidence; 巧計 clever device; artful scheme; artifice; wrinkle; 巧計良策 clever plan and outstanding scheme; 巧匠 clever artisan; craftsman; skilled workman; 巧克力 chocolate; 巧立名目 rack one's brains for ingenious devices; concoct various pretexts; create ingenious titles for padding one's pay [charging expense]; devise a variety of titles; invent all kinds of names (as pretexts for); under all sorts of pretexts [names]; 巧妙 ingenious; clever; 巧取豪奪 take away by force or trickery; forcible seizure and crafty acquisition; get sth. by cheating or take away by force; grab and plunder by cajolery and coercion; obtain by force or deception; rob by trick or by force; secure sb.'s belongings by force or trickery; swindle and rob; take away by artful deceit or by force; 巧事 coincidence; 巧手 a dab hand; 巧言令色 clever talk and an ingratiating manner; fine words and an insinuating countenance; guileful words and insinuating looks; pleasing words and smoothness of manner; say smooth words to sb. and wear a fair face before sb.; subtle words and evasions; with artful speech and flashy manners; 巧遇 chance encounter |