聰明一世，糊塗一時

See also: 聪明一世，糊涂一时

Chinese

		clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright; sharp; keen; perceptive	throughout one's life; first generation		bewildered; confused; muddled bewildered; confused; muddled; muddle-headed; messy; disordered; chaotic	a period of time; for a short while; for a time a period of time; for a short while; for a time; temporarily; momentarily; once
trad. (聰明一世，糊塗一時)		聰明	一世	，	糊塗	一時
simp. (聪明一世，糊涂一时)		聪明	一世	，	糊涂	一时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōngmíng yīshì, hútú yīshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ ming⁴ jat¹ sai³, wu⁴ tou⁴ jat¹ si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng yīshì, hútú yīshí [Phonetic: cōngmíng yíshì, hútú yìshí] → cōngmíng yīshì, hútu yīshí (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕˊ → ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨ ㄧ ㄕˊ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congmíng yishìh, hútů yishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-ming² i¹-shih⁴, hu²-tʻu⁵ i¹-shih²
    • Yale: tsūng-míng yī-shr̀-, hú-tu yī-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongming ishyh, hwu.twu ishyr
    • Palladius: цунмин иши, хуту иши (cunmin iši, xutu iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu³⁵ tʰu³ i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ ming⁴ jat¹ sai³, wu⁴ tou⁴ jat¹ si⁴
    • Yale: chūng mìhng yāt sai, wùh tòuh yāt sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ ming⁴ jat⁷ sai³, wu⁴ tou⁴ jat⁷ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ ming⁴ yed¹ sei³, wu⁴ tou⁴ yed¹ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ sɐi̯³³ wuː²¹ tʰou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/

Proverb

聰明一世，糊塗一時

1. even smart people can have a momentary lapse in judgement; even Homer nods

Synonyms

• 聰明一世，懵懂一時／聪明一世，懵懂一时 (cōngmíng yīshì, měngdǒng yīshí)
• 聰明一世，懵懂片時／聪明一世，懵懂片时