1.(literary) acute (of hearing)2.(bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
聪明聰明HSK 5top 2kAmong the 2,000 most common words 1.intelligent; clever; bright2.acute (of sight and hearing)
(idiom) to think oneself clever
1.clever-clever2.clever in trivial matters3.sharp but petty-minded
1.to go deaf; to lose one's hearing2.deafness; hearing loss
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
bright; sharp; quick-witted
聪明反被聪明误聰明反被聰明誤 (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
1.sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)2.keen and alert3.perceptive
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
highly intelligent; brilliant
highly intelligent; brilliant
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
1.to get smart2.to resort to petty tricks
too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
聪明一世，糊涂一时聰明一世，糊塗一時, (idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve
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, if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])
聪明一世，懵懂一时聰明一世，懵懂一時, see 聰明一世，聪明一世，糊涂一时[cōng ming yī shì hú tu yī shí]