zì zuò cōng míng

Traditional: 自作聰明

自作聪明 (zì zuò cōng míng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to think oneself clever”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to think oneself clever

Characters in 自作聪明

自zì · (bound form) self; oneself作zuō · (bound form) worker聪cōng · (literary) acute (of hearing)明míng · bright

Related words

自己oneself; (attributive) one's own工作to work明白clear; obvious; unequivocal明天tomorrow证明proof作为one's conduct作(bound form) worker作to do; to engage in来自to come from (a place)聪明intelligent; clever; bright自由freedom; liberty自(bound form) self; oneself

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