聰明

intelligent / clever / bright / smart / acute (of sight and hearing)

quick at hearing / wise / clever / sharp-witted / intelligent / acute

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

bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

to think oneself clever (idiom)

clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded

intelligence and wisdom

clever and quick-witted

a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good

see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]

wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve

highly intelligent; brilliant

too clever by half / excessive ingenuity

exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

highly intelligent; brilliant

to get smart / to resort to petty tricks