耍小聰明

to get smart / to resort to petty tricks

Characters and words in 耍小聰明

surname Shua

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) wants to impress Bessie Coleman (女) by playing with (耍) his cool new comb (而) in the ashram (a3), but Sheldon doesn't even have any hair. Instead he asks Bessie if she wants him to comb her hair.
to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) wants to impress Bessie Coleman (女) by playing with (耍) his cool new comb (而) in the ashram (a3), but Sheldon doesn't even have any hair. Instead he asks Bessie if she wants him to comb her hair.
small / tiny / few / young

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).
quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) is taking part in a poker tournament in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She was clever (聪) enough to smuggle an ear (耳) into the deck, so she knows that this is exactly the right time to go all-in (总).
clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded
intelligent / clever / bright / smart / acute (of sight and hearing)
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.

Words with 耍小聰明

耍小聰明 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 耍小聰明

耍小聰明 currently does not appear in any sentence.