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(idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity

大智若愚
dà zhì ruò yú
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded虚怀若谷xū huái ruò gǔintelligent; clever; bright · acute (of sight and hearing)聪明cōng mingto hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents · to hide one's light under a bushel深藏若虚shēn cáng ruò xūresourceful · full of stratagems足智多谋zú zhì duō móu
Antonyms
to show off one's ability锋芒毕露fēng máng bì lù(idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant不可一世bù kě yī shìimpossibly stupid愚不可及yú bù kě jí
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