cōng ming
intelligent
clever
bright
smart
acute (of sight and hearing)
xiǎo cōng ming
clever-clever
clever in trivial matters
sharp but petty-minded
bīng xuě cōng ming
exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
Yáng míng shān
Mt Yangming in Hunan
Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
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
Yáng míng Shān
Mt Yangming in Hunan
Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
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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