Although he may be clever, he is not wise.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
小聪明
clever-clever
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
clever-clever
02
clever in trivial matters
03
sharp but petty-minded
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 小聪明 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 小聪明 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Though he is clever, he isn't wise.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 小聪明.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 小聪明.
Directly before
- 有些小聪明1
- 有点小聪明1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 小聪明
What does 小聪明 mean in Chinese?
小聪明 (xiǎocōngming) means clever-clever.
How do you pronounce 小聪明?
小聪明 is pronounced xiǎocōngming.
Is 小聪明 an HSK word?
小聪明 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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