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惟妙惟肖

wéi miào wéi xiào

4-character word

What 惟妙惟肖 means

1. to imitate to perfection
2. to be remarkably true to life

The characters in 惟妙惟肖

• 惟wéi-ism; only
• 妙miàoclever; wonderful
• 惟wéi-ism; only
• 肖xiàosimilar; resembling; to resemble

Sounds the same

Read wéi miào wéi xiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 维妙维肖to imitate to perfection; to be remarkably true to life

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