玲珑剔透

líng lóng tī tòu

exquisitely made

very clever

玲

líng

(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)

珑

lóng

tinkling of gem-pendants

剔

tī

to scrape the meat from bones

透

tòu

(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through