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小巧玲珑
xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng
What 小巧玲珑 means
- idiomdainty; delicate; exquisite
The characters in 小巧玲珑
- 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
- 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens
- 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
- 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants
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