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無巧不成書

简 无巧不成书 · 繁 無巧不成書
Mandarin · pinyin wú qiǎo bù chéng shū

Meanings

  1. curious coincidence
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無
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巧
qiǎo · skillful, ingenious, clever
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
成
chéng · completed, finished, fixed
書
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无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
书
shū · book, letter, document; writings
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Mandarin tones

2–3–4–2–1 · wu2 qiao3 bu4 cheng2 shu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 kiu2 bat1 sing4 syu1

Cantonese word readings for 無巧不成書. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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mou4 kiu2 bat1 sing4 syu1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be very coincidental; to be very fortuitous

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