自作聪明 — Chinese idiom
自作聪明
zì zuò cōng míng
Traditional: 自作聰明
Meaning
- to think oneself clever
Character by character
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 聪cōngsharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever,
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
Idioms sharing a character
- 不敢自专 bù gǎn zì zhuān
- 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
- 不言自明 bù yán zì míng
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù
- 优游自得 yōu yóu zì dé
- 出自肺腑 chū zì fèi fǔ
- 刚愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng
- 卑以自牧 bēi yǐ zì mù
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