乾淨俐落

clean and efficient / neat and tidy

old variant of 乾[qian2]

surname Qian

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

variant of 乾[qian2]

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

clean / neat

clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role

clever

variant of 利落[li4 luo5]

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement