精明
jīng míng
Pinyin

Definition

精明
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jīng míng
  1. astute
  2. shrewd

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
jīng shén
  1. 1 spirit
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 consciousness
  4. 4 thought
  5. 5 mental
  6. 6 psychological
  7. 7 essence
  8. 8 gist
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
lóng mǎ jīng shén
  1. 1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
bù míng
  1. 1 not clear
  2. 2 unknown
  3. 3 to fail to understand
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
guāng míng zhèng dà
  1. 1 (of a person) honorable
  2. 2 not devious
  3. 3 (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
  4. 4 without tricks
  5. 5 openly
  6. 6 (of a situation) out in the open
fēn míng
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 evidently
  4. 4 clearly
wèi jīng
  1. 1 monosodium glutamate (MSG)
tiān míng
  1. 1 dawn
  2. 2 daybreak
yāo jing
  1. 1 evil spirit
  2. 2 alluring woman
Yáo Míng
  1. 1 Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
kǒng míng dēng
  1. 1 sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
wén míng
  1. 1 civilized
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 culture
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
Kūn míng
  1. 1 Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China

Idioms (20)

不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
  1. 1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
博而不精
bó ér bù jīng
  1. 1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
  2. 2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
大放光明
dà fàng guāng míng
  1. 1 great release of light (idiom)
奉若神明
fèng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
  2. 2 to worship
  3. 3 to deify
  4. 4 to make a holy cow of sth
  5. 5 to put sb on a pedestal
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
掌上明珠
zhǎng shàng míng zhū
  1. 1 lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
敬若神明
jìng ruò shén míng
  1. 1 to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
旗帜鲜明
qí zhì xiān míng
  1. 1 to show one's colors
  2. 2 to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
明人不做暗事
míng rén bù zuò àn shì
  1. 1 The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
  2. 2 fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion

Sample Sentences

他常说:“凡事只要差不多,就好了。何必太精明呢?”
tā cháng shuō :“fánshì zhǐyào chàbuduō ,jiù hǎo le 。hébì tài jīngmíng ne ?”
He would often say, "Things only have to be close enough to be good. Why bother to do things precisely all the time?”
他的脑子也不小,但他的记性却不很精明,他的思想也不很细密。
tā de nǎozi yě bù xiǎo ,dàn tā de jìxing què bù hěn jīngmíng ,tā de sīxiǎng yě bù hěn xìmì 。
His head isn't particularly small - however - his memory isn't very good.
当时国民党兵力远远大于红军,如果就地迎战,等于坐以待毙!俗话说,打不起,还跑不起嘛!红军长征分成好几路,分散了敌人的包围,边走边战,灵活应敌,这可是红军的精明之处啊!
dāngshí Guómín dǎng bīnglì yuǎnyuǎn dàyú hóngjūn ,rúguǒ jiùdì yíngzhàn ,děngyú zuòyǐdàibì !súhuà shuō ,dǎ bu qǐ ,hái pǎo bu qǐ ma !Hóngjūn chángzhēng fēn chéng hǎojǐ lù ,fēnsàn le dírén de bāowéi ,biān zǒu biān zhàn ,línghuó yìngdí ,zhè kěshì Hóngjūn de jīngmíng zhīchù a !
At that time, the Kuomintang military was far more powerful than the Red Army. If the Communists had fought the enemy head-on, it would have been like waiting for their own funeral. There's a proverb that says ''If you can't beat 'em, you can still beat it!" The Red Army split into many smaller units, and scattered the enemy's encirclement. They fought on the march, responding flexibly. That's the clever thing about the Red Army!
店家生意算盘打得挺精明的嘛!卖酒给我喝,还要挣我过夜的钱?
diànjiā shēngyì suànpán dǎ de tǐng jīngmíng de ma !mài jiǔ gěi wǒ hē ,hái yào zhèng wǒ guòyè de qián ?
Agh, innkeeper, you've got all the angles figured out, don't you! You sell me wine, and then you still want to get money from me for spending the night?
精明的上海人,是能够把他们的俗气和窘迫深藏在雅致背后的。
jīngmíng de Shànghǎirén ,shì nénggòu bǎ tāmen de súqì hé jiǒngpò shēncáng zài yǎzhì bèihòu de 。
Clever Shanghainese people are able to to hide their crudeness and poverty behind their elegance and taste.