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cōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. quick at hearing
  2. 2. wise
  3. 3. clever
  4. 4. sharp-witted
  5. 5. intelligent
  6. 6. acute

Example Sentences

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他很 明。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 379612)

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Words Containing 聪

聪明
cōng ming

intelligent

冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming

exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

聪明过头
cōng ming guò tóu

too clever by half

聪明一世,糊涂一时
cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí

even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom)

耍小聪明
shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming

to get smart

聪敏
cōng mǐn

quick

聪颖
cōng yǐng

smart

聪明伶俐
cōng ming líng lì

clever and quick-witted

聪慧
cōng huì

bright

聪明绝顶
cōng ming jué dǐng

highly intelligent; brilliant

事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming

wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

绝顶聪明
jué dǐng cōng ming

highly intelligent; brilliant

耳聪目明
ěr cōng mù míng

sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)

失聪
shī cōng

to go deaf; to lose one's hearing

小聪明
xiǎo cōng ming

clever-clever

聪明才智
cōng ming cái zhì

intelligence and wisdom

聪明一世,懵懂一时
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[cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí]

自作聪明
zì zuò cōng míng

to think oneself clever (idiom)

聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself

机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命
jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng

if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])