- 1. skilful; ingenious; clever
- ♦ ~匠 a skilled (or clever) workman
- ♦ 他的手艺很~。 His workmanship is excellent.
- ♦ 你嘴~, 你去说他准听。 You're a clever talker and he'll listen to you if you try to persuade him.
- 2. cunning; deceitful; artful
- ♦ 花言巧语
- 3. opportune; coincidental
- ♦ 太~了, 我一出家门就来了一辆出租汽车。 It was most opportune that a taxi arrived just as I was leaving the house.