Vietnamese

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 精細.

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tinh tế

  1. excellent, refined
    • 2005, chapter 5, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      Chu Thông tuy cử chỉ ngôn ngữ rất hoạt kê, nhưng tâm tư lại rất tinh tế, []
      Although Zhū Cōng was very comical in his gestures and speech, he had a brilliant mind; []