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MEANING/意义

小聪明

EXAMPLES/列句

卖弄小聪明

mài nòng xiǎo cōng ming

show off one's intelligence

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	卖弄	mài nòng	show off，parade
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也许你可以靠小聪明混日子，但你永远也不能成功。

yé xú ní ké yǐ kào xiǎo cōng ming hùn rì zi ，dàn ní yóng yuán yě bù néng chéng gōng

You can maybe survive through your wits，but you will not attain success.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	也许	yé xǔ	maybe，perhaps，probably
2.	你	nǐ	you
3.	可以	ké yǐ	can，may
4.	靠	kào	to lean against; to stand sth. against...; to get close to; to depend on; to trust; by
5.	小聪明	xiǎo cōng ming	petty trick，be intelligent in small ways，petty shrewdness
6.	混日子	hùn rì zi	drift along aimlessly，dawdle away the days
7.	但	dàn	but
8.	永远	yóng yuǎn	forever
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