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The character "巧" is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the semantic component 工, denoting work or craftsmanship, and the phonetic component 丂. Its initial meaning was specifically tied to technical skill or adeptness in manual arts and labor. The semantic scope later broadened from concrete skill to encompass abstract cleverness and ingenuity, and subsequently acquired the additional sense of something happening by a fortuitous or timely coincidence.
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这个主意很巧妙。
巧合的事情发生了。
她巧手编织毛衣。
巧妙的设计节省空间。
这次相遇纯属巧合。
他巧妙地避免了冲突。
没有巧手很难做细活。
巧合往往出乎意料之外。