líng lóng tī tòu

Traditional: 玲瓏剔透

玲珑剔透 (líng lóng tī tòu) is a Chinese word meaning “exquisitely made; very clever”.

Meanings

  1. 1exquisitely made
  2. 2very clever

Characters in 玲珑剔透

玲líng · (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)珑lóng · tinkling of gem-pendants剔tī · to scrape the meat from bones透tòu · (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through

Related words

透(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through透露to leak out透过to pass through挑剔picky透顶out-and-out透明transparent透气to flow freely (of air)渗透(lit. and fig.) to permeate看透to understand thoroughly穿透to penetrate玲(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)透视(drawing and painting) perspective

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