取巧
qǔ qiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

取巧
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qǔ qiǎo
  1. quick fix
  2. opportune short cut (around a difficulty)
  3. cheap trick (to get what one wants)
  4. to pull a fast one

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

获取
huò qǔ
  1. 1 to gain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to acquire
领取
lǐng qǔ
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to draw
  3. 3 to get
乖巧
guāi qiǎo
  1. 1 clever (child)
  2. 2 smart
  3. 3 lovable
  4. 4 cute
取
qǔ
  1. 1 to take
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to choose
  4. 4 to fetch
取代
qǔ dài
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 to supersede
  3. 3 to supplant
  4. 4 (chemistry) substitution

Idioms (20)

以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
gè qǔ suǒ xū
  1. 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession

Sample Sentences

哦，我这人求快心切，再说了这时代日新月异的，难免让人想投机取巧，那这一万小时是个什么概念啊？
ò ，wǒ zhè rén qiúkuàixīnqiè ，zàishuō le zhè shídài rìxīnyuèyì de ，nánmiǎn ràngrén xiǎng tóujī qǔ qiǎo ，nà zhè yīwàn xiǎoshí shì gè shénme gàiniàn ā ？
Oh, I'm quite a perfectionist and this is an era of rapid change, so of course I'm eager to seize every opportunity. So what's the idea behind these 10,000 hours?
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