汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 聪明 hsk 3
cōng ming
聪明 (聰明)
intelligent / clever / bright / smart / acute (of sight and hearing)
明白 智慧 灵性 聪慧 聪颖 颖悟 明慧 小聪明
愚蠢 愚笨 笨蛋 呆笨 傻气 笨拙
①视觉听觉灵敏耳目聪明，四支坚固。②智力强这孩子聪明伶俐，惹人爱｜机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
聪 (聰) cōng 明 míng
COMMON WORDS WITH 聪明
聪明人 ( 聰明人 )
cōng míng rén
Solomon
( 聰明人 )
聪明才智 ( 聰明才智 )
cōng ming cái zhì
intelligence and wisdom
( 聰明才智 )
聪明伶俐 ( 聰明伶俐 )
cōng ming líng lì
clever and quick-witted
( 聰明伶俐 )
自作聪明 ( 自作聰明 )
zì zuò cōng míng
to think oneself clever (idiom)
( 自作聰明 )
聪明智慧 ( 聰明智慧 )
cōng míng zhì huì
very intelligent
( 聰明智慧 )
聪明一世 ( 聰明一世 )
cōng míng yī shì
Wise
( 聰明一世 )
小聪明 ( 小聰明 )
xiǎo cōng ming
clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded
( 小聰明 )
聪明反被聪明误 ( 聰明反被聰明誤 )
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good
( 聰明反被聰明誤 )
耳聪目明 ( 耳聰目明 )
ěr cōng mù míng
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
( 耳聰目明 )
冰雪聪明 ( 冰雪聰明 )
bīng xuě cōng ming
exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
( 冰雪聰明 )
机关算尽太聪明 ( 機關算盡太聰明 )
jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng míng
The agency is too smart
( 機關算盡太聰明 )
聪明睿智 ( 聰明睿智 )
cōng míng ruì zhì
intellectual virtues
( 聰明睿智 )
聪明绝顶 ( 聰明絕頂 )
cōng ming jué dǐng
highly intelligent (idiom)
( 聰明絕頂 )
绝顶聪明 ( 絕頂聰明 )
jué dǐng cōng ming
extremely bright (idiom)
( 絕頂聰明 )
聪明一世，懵懂一时 ( 聰明一世，懵懂一時 )
cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí
see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]
( 聰明一世，懵懂一時 )
聪明一世，糊涂一时 ( 聰明一世，糊塗一時 )
cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí
even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve
( 聰明一世，糊塗一時 )
聪明过头 ( 聰明過頭 )
cōng ming guò tóu
too clever by half / excessive ingenuity
( 聰明過頭 )
事后聪明 ( 事後聰明 )
shì hòu cōng ming
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
( 事後聰明 )
机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 ( 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 )
jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng míng ， fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng
if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
( 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 )
耍小聪明 ( 耍小聰明 )
shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming
to get smart / to resort to petty tricks
( 耍小聰明 )
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