Chinese idioms · 31 idioms
Chinese idioms about learning and wisdom
Chengyu whose meaning is about learning and wisdom, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 人情世故rénqíng-shìgùworldly wisdom
- 聪明才智cōngmíng-cáizhìintelligence and ability
- 学以致用xuéyǐ-zhìyòngto put what one learns into practice
- 自知之明zìzhī-zhīmíngself-knowledge
- 一知半解yīzhī-bànjiěto have a superficial knowledge
- 群策群力qúncè-qúnlìto pool wisdom and efforts
- 品学兼优pǐnxué-jiānyōuexcellent in both character and studies
- 前车之鉴qiánchē-zhījiànlesson learned from others' mistakes
- 惩前毖后chéngqián-bìhòuto learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones
- 触类旁通chùlèi-pángtōngto learn by analogy
- 聪明伶俐cōngmíng-línglìbright and clever
- 融会贯通rónghuì-guàntōngto master something thoroughly by integrating what one has learned
- 尊师重道zūnshī-zhòngdàoto respect teachers and their teachings
- 良师益友liángshī-yìyǒugood teacher and helpful friend
- 手不释卷shǒubù-shìjuànalways reading
- 学富五车xuéfù-wǔchēvery learned
- 取长补短qǔcháng-bǔduǎnto learn from others' strengths to offset one's weaknesses
- 眉高眼低méigāo-yǎndīthe art of reading people's faces
- 弄巧成拙nòngqiǎo-chéngzhuōto try to be clever and end up with a blunder
- 因小失大yīnxiǎo-shīdàpenny-wise and pound-foolish
- 公事公办gōngshì-gōngbànto do things by the book
- 教学相长jiàoxué-xiāngzhǎngteaching and learning help each other
- 学无止境xuéwúzhǐjìngthere is no end to learning
- 真才实学zhēncái-shíxuégenuine talent and learning
- 自作聪明zìzuò-cōngmíngto think oneself clever
- 才子佳人cáizǐ-jiāréngifted scholar and beautiful lady
- 大智若愚dàzhì-ruòyúa wise man may appear foolish
- 焚书坑儒fénshū-kēngrúburning books and burying scholars alive
- 人所共知rénsuǒ-gòngzhīcommon knowledge
- 书香门第shūxiāng-méndìscholarly family
- 秀外慧中xiùwài-huìzhōngbeautiful and intelligent
What is a Chinese idiom about learning and wisdom?
人情世故 (rénqíng-shìgù): worldly wisdom. It is the most common of the 31 on this page.
What is a chengyu?
A set phrase, nearly always four characters, that packs a story or an image into a few words: 画蛇添足, “drawing legs on a snake”, means spoiling something by overdoing it. Chinese speakers use them in writing, speeches and everyday talk.
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Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list; meanings from our own dictionary. Open one for its characters and real sentences.