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耍小聪明

shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming

4-character word Traditional 耍小聰明

What 耍小聪明 means

1. to get smart
2. to resort to petty tricks

The characters in 耍小聪明

• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

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