冰雪聰明
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Chinese[edit]
ice and snow; pure as the driven snow; virtuous, honest, upright, moral, chaste, etc. | |||
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trad. (冰雪聰明) | 冰雪 | 聰明 | |
simp. (冰雪聪明) | 冰雪 | 聪明 | |
Literally: “as intelligent as ice and snow”. |
Etymology[edit]
From a poem by Du Fu:
- 冰雪淨聰明,雷霆走精銳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tang dynasty, Du Fu, Seeing Off Attendant Censor Fan (23) on his Way to a Post as Administrative Assistant in Hanzhong (《送樊二十三侍御赴漢中判官》), translation by Stephen Owen, The Poetry of Du Fu
- Bīngxuě jìng cōngmíng, léitíng zǒu jīngruì. [Pinyin]
- Your apprehension is as bright as ice and snow, your military sharpness speeds like thunder.
冰雪净聪明,雷霆走精锐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
冰雪聰明