自作聰明

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright; sharp; keen; perceptive
trad. (自作聰明)		自	作	聰明
simp. (自作聪明)		自	作	聪明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzuòcōngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zok³ cung¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzuòcōngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhzuòcongmíng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tso⁴-tsʻung¹-ming²
    • Yale: dz̀-dzwò-tsūng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtzuohtsongming
    • Palladius: цзыцзоцунмин (czyczocunmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zok³ cung¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: jih jok chūng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzok⁸ tsung¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ zog³ cung¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

自作聰明

1. to overestimate one's cleverness and act unwisely

   • 許多同志，不注重和不善於總結群眾鬥爭的經驗，而歡喜主觀主義地自作聰明地發表許多意見，因而使自己的意見變成不切實際的空論。 [MSC, trad.]
     许多同志，不注重和不善于总结群众斗争的经验，而欢喜主观主义地自作聪明地发表许多意见，因而使自己的意见变成不切实际的空论。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1943, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於領導方法的若干問題》 (Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership), 毛澤東選集 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung). English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition.

     Xǔduō tóngzhì, bù zhùzhòng hé bù shànyú zǒngjié qúnzhòng dòuzhēng de jīngyàn, ér huānxǐ zhǔguānzhǔyì de zìzuòcōngmíng de fābiǎo xǔduō yìjiàn, yīn'ér shǐ zìjǐ de yìjiàn biànchéng bùqièshíjì de kōnglùn. [Pinyin]

     Many comrades do not see the importance of, or are not good at, summing up the experience of mass struggles, but fancying themselves clever, are fond of voicing their subjectivist ideas, and so their ideas become empty and impractical.

Synonyms

• (Singapore Hokkien) 假勥 (ké-khiàng)