Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「大智如愚」 and how it’s used.
The idiom 「大智如愚」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
Refers to people who are extremely intelligent but do not show off and appear to be stupid on the surface.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dà zhì rú yú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
daai6 ji3 yu4 yu4
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