聪明伶俐 — Chinese idiom
聪明伶俐
cōng ming líng lì
Traditional: 聰明伶俐
Meaning
- bright; clever; quick-witted
Character by character
- 聪cōngsharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever,
- 明mingbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
- 伶língclever; lonely, solitary
- 俐lìsmooth; active; clever, sharp
Idioms sharing a character
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming
- 耳聪目明 ěr cōng mù míng
- 自作聪明 zì zuò cōng míng
- 不明不白 bù míng bù bái
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 不言自明 bù yán zì míng
- 以资证明 yǐ zī zhèng míng
- 来历不明 lái lì bù míng
- 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò
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