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伶俐

líng lì

HSK 6 2-character word

What 伶俐 means

1. clever; witty; intelligent
2. deft; adroit

The characters in 伶俐

• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 俐lìused in 伶俐

Example sentences

• 她口齿伶俐。
  Tā kǒuchǐ línglì.
  She has a fluent tongue.

Words containing 伶俐

• 聪明伶俐cōng ming líng lì(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
• 口齿伶俐kǒu chǐ líng lìeloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence; the gift of the gab

Sounds the same

Read líng lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凌厉swift and fierce; fierce; forceful
• 灵利clever; bright; quick-witted

Where 伶俐 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · líng–lǐng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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