0 Cunning people are clever at planning something so that they get what they want, especially by tricking other people, or things that are cleverly made for a particular purpose. -- 狡猾的，狡詐的
1 pretty and attractive -- 吸引人的，迷人的
2 the quality or skill of being clever at planning something so you get what you want, especially by tricking other people -- 狡詐；狡猾；機靈
In the novella, cunning bridges the gap between the deviant and the representative of the law who both indulge in fabulation, artifice, and manipulation.
Is there, however, a more general contrast between urban (civil, gentle) and rural (coarse, cunning, traditional) ?
If accused, he can claim to have been duped by a spy even more cunning than himself.
Settlers, too, came from distant countries, some with an alarming novelty of skill, others with an offensive advantage in cunning.
The primary appeal of the case lies in its cunning insistence upon the status quo.
The religious law legalizes the use of cunning in trading, but forbids depriving people of their property illegally.
How then would ordinary people go about dealing with the crafty clerks and cunning runners in charge of their cases?
If they were human, they would become cunning.
