cōng ming
intelligent
clever
bright
smart
acute (of sight and hearing)
Nán míng
Nanming district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou
xiǎo cōng ming
clever-clever
clever in trivial matters
sharp but petty-minded
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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