| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 聪明 | 聰明 | cōngming | - acute (of sight and hearing) - clever - intelligent - bright - smart |
| 小聪明 | 小聰明 | xiǎocōngming | - clever-clever - clever in trivial matters - sharp but petty-minded |
| 事后聪明 | 事後聰明 | shìhòucōngming | - wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it |
| 冰雪聪明 | 冰雪聰明 | bīngxuěcōngming | - exceptionally intelligent (idiom) |
| 绝顶聪明 | 絕頂聰明 | juédǐngcōngming | - extremely bright (idiom) |
| 耍小聪明 | 耍小聰明 | shuǎxiǎocōngming | - to get smart - to resort to petty tricks |
| 聪明伶俐 | 聰明伶俐 | cōngminglínglì | - clever and quick-witted |
| 聪明才智 | 聰明才智 | cōngmingcáizhì | - intelligence and wisdom |
| 聪明绝顶 | 聰明絕頂 | cōngmingjuédǐng | - highly intelligent (idiom) |
| 聪明过头 | 聰明過頭 | cōngmingguòtóu | - too clever by half - excessive ingenuity |
| 自作聪明 | 自作聰明 | zìzuòcōngmíng | - to think oneself clever (idiom) - self-styled genius - a smart aleck |
| 聪明反被聪明误 | 聰明反被聰明誤 | cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù | - a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself - too smart for one's own good |
| 聪明一世，懵懂一时 | 聰明一世，懵懂一時 | cóngmingyīshì,měngdǒngyīshí | - see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong2 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2] |
| 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | 聰明一世，糊塗一時 | cóngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí | - even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom) - every man has a fool in his sleeve |
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