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灵巧

líng qiǎo

2-character word Traditional 靈巧

What 灵巧 means

1. deft
2. nimble
3. ingenious

The characters in 灵巧

• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens

Example sentences

• 我又转念，见日光之下，快跑的未必能赢，力战的未必得胜，智慧的未必得粮食，明哲的未必得资财，灵巧的未必得喜悦，所临到众人的，是在乎当时的机会。
  Wǒ yòu zhuǎnniàn, jiàn rìguāng zhīxià, kuàipǎo de wèibì néng yíng, lìzhàn de wèibì déshèng, zhìhuì de wèibì de liángshi, míng zhé de wèibì de zīcái, língqiǎo de wèibì de xǐyuè, suǒ líndào zhòngrén de, shì zàihu dāngshí de jīhuì.
  I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.