微妙 wēimiào subtle
How to remember 微妙: 微 small + 妙 mysterious = subtle.
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How it is used
- Describes something subtle and hard to pin down - 两国关系很微妙 (liǎng guó guānxì hěn wēimiào) relations between the two countries are delicate.
- About delicate nuance or a sensitive, shifting situation, not physical smallness; 细微 (xìwēi) is 'fine/tiny in detail' by contrast.
- Common with 关系、变化、差别、心理 (relations, changes, differences, psychology).