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try to be smart (by acting on one's own, etc.); think of oneself as clever

zì zuò cōng míng

自 作 聪 明

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derogtry to be smart (by acting on one's own, etc.); think of oneself as clever
- zì zuò cōng míng de jiā huo
  自作聪明的家伙
  a smarty pants
- wǒ kàn nǐ zì zuò cōng míng
  我看你自作聪明！
  I suppose you thought you were being clever!
- shàng dì zài zì zuò cōng míng de rén miàn qián zì xíng yǐn nì
  上帝在自作聪明的人面前自行隐匿。
  God conceal himself from the wise.
synonym
bān mén nòng fǔ班门弄斧 mài nòng cōng ming卖弄聪明 shì zhì guān yú饰智矜愚

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