玲珑剔透
línglóng-tītòuTraditional 玲瓏剔透
exquisite; delicately wrought
Every meaning
línglóng-tītòu
- exquisite; delicately wrought
Its characters
- 玲líng(onomatopoeia) tinkling of jade
- 珑lóngexquisite; tinkling (as in 玲珑)
- 剔tīto pick (teeth); to scrape (meat off bones)
- 透tòuto penetrate; to pass through
Words with 玲
Words with 珑
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.