小巧玲珑 — Chinese idiom
小巧玲珑
xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng
Traditional: 小巧玲瓏
Meaning
- dainty; delicate; exquisite
Character by character
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 巧qiǎoskillful, ingenious, clever
- 玲língthe tinkling of jewelry
- 珑lóngthe tinkling of jewelry
Idioms sharing a character
- 不容小觑 bù róng xiǎo qù
- 不拘小节 bù jū xiǎo jié
- 幺麽小丑 yāo mó xiǎo chǒu
- 升斗小民 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
- 大材小用 dà cái xiǎo yòng
- 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
- 大惊小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài
- 小人得志 xiǎo rén dé zhì
- 小心翼翼 xiǎo xīn yì yì
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