精明
jīng míng
Pinyin

Definition

精明
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jīng míng
  1. astute
  2. shrewd

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明明
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
精彩
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant

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)

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?”
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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.
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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!
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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?
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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.
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