diāo​zuān

crafty

  • created sense approved 刁钻/刁鑽 · diāo​zuān · crafty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刁钻 / 刁鑽

    diāo​zuān

    crafty

    cunning, wily, and tricky in character

    刁 (literal) → 刁 · diāo · sly 钻 (literal) → 钻/鑽 · zuān · to curry favor

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 刁钻/刁鑽 · diāo​zuān · tricky — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刁钻 / 刁鑽

    diāo​zuān

    tricky

    (of questions, problems, etc.) intentionally difficult, obscure, or designed to trip someone up

    刁 (literal) → 刁 · diāo · sly 钻 (literal) → 钻/鑽 · zuān · to drill

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense