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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
冰雪聰明	冰雪聪明	[[bing1xue3-cong1ming5]]	/(idiom) exceptionally intelligent/	678	2
聰	聪	[[cong1]]	/(literary) acute (of hearing)/(bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp/	850	2
聦	聦	[cong1]	/variant of 聰\|聪[cong1]/	5009	1
聡	聡	[cong1]	/old variant of 聰\|聪[cong1]/	5741	1
聰明反被聰明誤	聪明反被聪明误	[cong1 ming2 fan3 bei4 cong1 ming2 wu4]	/(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good/	1010	1
聰明才智	聪明才智	[cong1 ming5 cai2 zhi4]	/intelligence and ability/	1010	1
聰明過頭	聪明过头	[cong1 ming5 guo4 tou2]	/too clever by half; excessive ingenuity/	1010	1
聰明一世，糊塗一時	聪明一世，糊涂一时	[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]	/(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve/	1010	1
聰明一世，懵懂一時	聪明一世，懵懂一时	[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , meng3 dong3 yi1 shi2]	/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]/	4055	1
聰慧	聪慧	[[cong1hui4]]	/bright; intelligent/	833	2
聰敏	聪敏	[[cong1min3]]	/bright; sharp; quick-witted/	848	2
聰明	聪明	[[cong1ming5]]	/intelligent; clever; bright/acute (of sight and hearing)/	833	2
聰明絕頂	聪明绝顶	[[cong1ming5 jue2ding3]]	/exceptionally intelligent; brilliant/	53	2
聰明伶俐	聪明伶俐	[[cong1ming5-ling2li4]]	/(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted/	836	2
聰穎	聪颖	[[cong1ying3]]	/smart; intelligent/	902	2
耳聰目明	耳聪目明	[er3 cong1 mu4 ming2]	/sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom)/keen and alert/perceptive/	5350	1
機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命	机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命	[ji1 guan1 suan4 jin4 tai4 cong1 ming5 , fan3 suan4 le5 qing1 qing1 xing4 ming4]	/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[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])/	2035	1
絕頂聰明	绝顶聪明	[jue2 ding3 cong1 ming5]	/highly intelligent; brilliant/	1527	1
失聰	失聪	[shi1 cong1]	/to go deaf; to lose one's hearing/deafness; hearing loss/	1418	1
事後聰明	事后聪明	[shi4 hou4 cong1 ming5]	/wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it/	6353	1
耍小聰明	耍小聪明	[shua3 xiao3 cong1 ming5]	/to get smart/to resort to petty tricks/	5399	1
小聰明	小聪明	[xiao3 cong1 ming5]	/clever-clever/clever in trivial matters/sharp but petty-minded/	6557	1
自作聰明	自作聪明	[[zi4zuo4-cong1ming2]]	/(idiom) to think oneself clever/	914	2

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