cōng ming
intelligent
clever
bright
smart
acute (of sight and hearing)
xiǎo cōng ming
clever-clever
clever in trivial matters
sharp but petty-minded
Sōng míng
Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan
Yuán shǐ
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
sǎn qǔ
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
bīng xuě cōng ming
exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
Sòng Lián
Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician
jìn gǔ
near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
cōng ming guò tóu
too clever by half
excessive ingenuity
zhì lóng táng sòng
"Ruled better that Tang and Song"
Qing Emperor Kangxi's memorial tribute to the first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
shì hòu cōng ming
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
sòng mìng
to lose one's life
to get killed
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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