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俏美qiào měicharming; pretty撬門qiào ménto break in; to force a door敲門qiāo ménto knock on a door竅門qiào ména trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)竅門兒qiào mén rerhua form of 竅門|窍门[qiao4 men2]敲門磚qiāo mén zhuānlit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune橋面qiáo miànroadway; floor; deck; bridge floor巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice悄咪咪qiāo mī mīsee 悄悄咪咪[qiao1 qiao1 mi1 mi1]僑民qiáo mínexpatriates喬木qiáo mùtree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)翹拇指qiào mǔ zhǐto give a thumbs-up橋腦qiáo nǎo(anatomy) pons喬納森Qiáo nà sēnJonathan (name)橋牌qiáo páicontract bridge (card game)殼牌Qiào páisee 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[Qiao4 pai2 gong1 si1]殼牌公司Qiào pái Gōng sīShell (oil company)翹盼qiáo pànto long for; eager for俏皮qiào pismart; charming; attractive; witty; facetious; ironic俏皮話qiào pi huàwitticism; wisecrack; sarcastic remark; double entendre翹企qiáo qǐto look forward eagerly; to long for翹起qiào qǐto stick up; to point sth up喬遷qiáo qiānto move (to a superior place); promotion喬遷之喜qiáo qiān zhī xǐcongratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!悄悄qiāo qiāoquiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]翹翹板qiào qiào bǎnsee-saw; also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板[qiao1 qiao1 ban3]蹺蹺板qiāo qiāo bǎnsee-saw敲敲打打qiāo qiāo dǎ dǎto make a continual banging sound; (fig.) to provoke with words悄悄話qiāo qiao huàwhisperings; private words; confidences; sweet nothings悄悄咪咪qiāo qiāo mī mī(dialect) quietly; stealthily撬竊qiào qièburglary; house-breaking翹曲qiáo qūto warp; to bend; fig. distorted opinion; prejudice悄然qiǎo ránquietly; sorrowfully悄然無聲qiǎo rán wú shēngabsolutely quiet巧人qiǎo rénHomo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)敲入qiāo rùto key in; to input敲喪鐘qiāo sāng zhōnga knell敲山震虎qiāo shān zhèn hǔa deliberate show of strength as a warning僑生qiáo shēngstudent of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生|华侨学生[Hua2 qiao2 xue2 sheng5])悄聲qiǎo shēngquietly; in a low voice巧舌如簧qiǎo shé rú huánglit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom); fig. to have a glib tongue翹舌音qiào shé yīnretroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)喬石Qiáo ShíQiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician橋式整流器qiáo shì zhěng liú qì(electricity) bridge rectifier巧手qiǎo shǒuskillful hands; dexterous; a dab hand翹首qiáo shǒuto raise one's head and look翹首以待qiáo shǒu yǐ dàito hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom); to anxiously await巧思qiǎo sīinnovative thinking; ingenuity喬叟Qiáo sǒuGeoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]撬鎖qiào suǒto pick a lock; to force a lock橋台qiáo táiabutment (architecture)橋頭qiáo tóueither end of a bridge; a bridgehead礄頭Qiáo tóuQiaotou, Sichuan橋頭堡qiáo tóu bǎobridgehead (military); stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory; bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge); (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it); bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)翹臀qiào tún(coll.) perky butt敲碗qiāo wǎn(neologism) (slang) to impatiently await翹望qiáo wàngto raise one's head and look into the distance; fig. to forward to; to long for翹尾巴qiào wěi bato be cocky僑務qiáo wùmatters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)悄無聲息qiǎo wú shēng xīquietly; noiselessly僑務委員會Qiáo wù Wěi yuán huìOverseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan喬希Qiáo xīJosh or Joshi (name)橋西Qiáo xīsee 橋西區|桥西区[Qiao2 xi1 Qu1]僑鄉qiáo xiānghometown of overseas Chinese