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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 聪明反被聪明误
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 聪明反被聪明误 | cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù | - (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,727 | 76,496 | 47,368 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 聪 | cōng | - (literary) acute (of hearing) - (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp |
| 明 | míng | - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) - surname Ming - Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God |
| 明 | míng | - bright - opposite: dark 暗[an4] - (of meaning) clear - to understand - next - public or open - wise - generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 反 | fǎn | - contrary - in reverse - inside out or upside down - to reverse - to return - to oppose - opposite - against - anti- - to rebel - to use analogy - instead - abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system |
| 被 | bèi | - quilt - to cover (with) - (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) - used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) - (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") |
| 聪 | cōng | - (literary) acute (of hearing) - (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp |
| 明 | míng | - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) - surname Ming - Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God |
| 明 | míng | - bright - opposite: dark 暗[an4] - (of meaning) clear - to understand - next - public or open - wise - generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 误 | wù | - mistake - error - to miss - to harm - to delay - to neglect - mistakenly |
Other Words Containing 聪明反被聪明误
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 聪明反被聪明误 | - | - | 39,727 | 76,496 | 47,368 |