mào míng
an impostor
to impersonate
cōng ming
intelligent
clever
bright
smart
acute (of sight and hearing)
Mào míng
Maoming prefecture level city in Guangdong
xiǎo cōng ming
clever-clever
clever in trivial matters
sharp but petty-minded
Wáng Míng
Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
bīng xuě cōng ming
exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
cōng ming guò tóu
too clever by half
excessive ingenuity
shì hòu cōng ming
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming
to get smart
to resort to petty tricks
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]
cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí
even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom)
every man has a fool in his sleeve
cōng ming jué dǐng
highly intelligent (idiom)
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