(idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve
trad. 聰明一世，糊塗一時
Also written 聰明一世，糊塗一時【cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí】
Characters in this word
7聪
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(literary) acute (of hearing), (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
- Pinyin
- cōng
- Traditional
- 聰
- Strokes
- 15
明
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Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- Pinyin
- Míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4563 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
世
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 16804 of 2500
糊
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variant of 糊[hu2]
- Pinyin
- hú
- Traditional
- 䊀
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 24319 of 2500
涂
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to apply (paint etc), to smear, to daub, to blot out, to scribble, to scrawl, (literary) mud, street
- Pinyin
- tú
- Traditional
- 塗
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8424 of 2500
时
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old variant of 時|时[shi2]
- Pinyin
- shí
- Traditional
- 旹
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 224 of 2500