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qiǎo

HSK 3 · word 1789 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

熟能生巧。

shú néng shēng qiǎo

Practice makes perfect.

The character 巧

is , work, beside : skilled work, and then the luck that looks like skill. 技巧 technique, 正巧 as it happens, 巧合 a coincidence — while in 巧克力 it carries nothing but a sound.

Words containing 巧

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