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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「察察為明」 for your learning.

Today’s idiom is 「察察為明」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

Chacha: analyze and discern clearly; Ming: be smart. Describes someone who is shrewd in paying attention to details.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chá chá wéi míng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chaat3 chaat3 wai6/wai4 ming4

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