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brilliant; superior; wise
HSK 7-9
sensible / wise / judicious / sagacious
HSK 7-9
a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine
HSK 7-9
sophisticated / worldly-wise
HSK 7-9
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(literary) wise; wisdom
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bright / opposite: dark / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
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wise / a sage
wise / brilliant
to give sb a word of advice / advice; counsel; a wise word
outstanding talent / wise and able person / illustrious individual
wise man
wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
wise and capable; sagacious
wise and farsighted
wise and virtuous woman / lady
sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person
gangster; hoodlum / bachelor; single man / (dialect) wise person; astute person
the wise and learned individuals of the past
wise saying; words of wisdom
wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific)
(of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles
helpful friend / wise companion
experienced / sophisticated / worldly-wise
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated
respect for the wise
the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time
to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just
wise policy / best policy
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom) / the older, the wiser
Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty
attendant to the emperor / wise counselor
(idiom) only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends; a wise man submits to circumstances
person who is wise after the event
The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom. / Different views are admissible. (idiom)
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital of in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of as "promote the wise"
wise and resolute
a wise man has passed away (idiom)
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
to not be wiser despite being older / (humble) to be older than (you) by
a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent
the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan


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