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): ㄘㄨㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ ming⁴ jat¹ sai³, wu⁴ tou⁴ jat¹ si⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng yīshì, hútú yīshí [Phonetic: cōngmíng yíshì, hútú yìshí] → cōngmíng yīshì, hútu yīshí (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄧㄕˊ → ㄘㄨㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄕˋ , ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄧㄕˊ (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

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

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