自作聪明 meaning in English
(idiom) to think oneself clever
Traditional 自作聰明36 strokes
Meaning of 自作聪明
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zìzuòcōngmíng
- (idiom) to think oneself clever
自作聪明 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
人人讨厌自作聪明的人。
Everyone hates know-it-alls.
Stroke order for each character
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自 zì · self · 6 strokes
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作 zuò · to do · 7 strokes
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聪 cōng · sharp · 15 strokes
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明 míng · bright · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 自作聪明.
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 明白 | míngbai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 动作 | dòngzuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 明年 | míngnián | next year |
| 自己 | zìjǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zìyóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 | láizì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 说明 | shuōmíng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 明星 | míngxīng | star; celebrity |
| 作用 | zuòyòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 作家 | zuòjiā | author |
Questions about 自作聪明
What does 自作聪明 mean?
自作聪明 (zìzuòcōngmíng) means "(idiom) to think oneself clever".
How do you write 自作聪明?
自作聪明 is made of 4 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 作 (7 strokes), 聪 (15 strokes), 明 (8 strokes). That is 36 strokes in total.
How is 自作聪明 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 自作聪明 is written 自作聰明.