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Keyword
artful
  • tricky
  • sly
  • crafty
  • cunning
Frequency
#3406
Strokes
2
Readings
diāo
Stroke order
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
刁diāo
artful; wicked
刁难diāonàn
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. diáo1nan
刁蛮diāomán
crafty and unruly
刁钻diāozuān
crafty; tricky
刁民diāomín
(derogatory) unruly people
百般刁难bǎibāndiāonàn
(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
刁斗diāodǒu
soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)