三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮
sān​ge​chòu​pí​jiang​shèng​guò​yī​ge​zhū​gě​liàng

wisdom of the masses

  • created reference approved 三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮/三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮 → 集思广益/集思廣益 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮 / 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮 sān​ge​chòu​pí​jiang​shèng​guò​yī​ge​zhū​gě​liàng

    集思广益 / 集思廣益 jí​sī​guǎng​yì

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮/三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮 · sān​ge​chòu​pí​jiang​shèng​guò​yī​ge​zhū​gě​liàng · wisdom of the masses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮 / 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮

    sān​ge​chòu​pí​jiang​shèng​guò​yī​ge​zhū​gě​liàng

    wisdom of the masses

    three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius; collective wisdom exceeds that of any single individual; it suggests that by working together and pooling resources, even ordinary people can come up with better ideas than a single expert

    sān​gè​chòu​pí​jiàng​shèng​guò​yí​gè​zhū​gé​liàng

    三个 (literal) → 三个/三個 · sān​ge · three 臭 (literal) → 臭 · chòu · inferior 皮匠 (literal) → 皮匠 · pí​jiang · cobbler ， (non_chinese) 胜过 (literal) → 胜过/勝過 · shèng​guo · to surpass 一个 (literal) → 一个/一個 · yī​ge · one 诸葛亮 (literal) → 诸葛亮/諸葛亮 · zhū​gě​liàng · Zhuge Liang

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