三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

three / 3

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

variant of 個|个[ge4]

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)

sense of smell / smell bad

surname Pi

leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty

cobbler

craftsman

to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

surname Zhu

all / various

Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind

two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1 ge2]

surname Ge

kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth

bright / clear / resonant / to shine / to show / to reveal