大智如愚
dà​zhì​rú​yú

great wisdom appears like stupidity

  • created reference approved 大智如愚 → 大智若愚 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大智如愚 dà​zhì​rú​yú

    大智若愚 dà​zhì​ruò​yú

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  • created sense approved 大智如愚 · dà​zhì​rú​yú · great wisdom appears like stupidity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大智如愚

    dà​zhì​rú​yú

    great wisdom appears like stupidity

    Possessing great wisdom but not showing it off, such that one appears simple or even dull on the surface; someone of great intelligence who is unassuming

    大智 (literal) → 大智 · dà​zhì · great wisdom 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 愚 (literal) → 愚 · yú · foolish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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