302 Themes

006 Talent 才能 (cáinéng)


stupid person (lit. two hundred and fifty)
brain
stupidity
muddleheaded
pretend to be confused
joke, laugh at
stupid, dull
make many stupid mistakes, make oneself ridiculous
stupid, clumsy
stupid, foolish
~症dementia || 老年~ senile dementia
stupid
stupid-looking
inconsiderate
clever all one’s life but stupid this once
in fact, in actuality, in reality

21 二百五 [-] èrbǎiwǔ (250) stupid person (lit. two hundred and fifty): 你 是个~!You are so stupid! '
10 脑子 [腦-] nǎozi (brain-suffix) brain: 动~ use one’s head || ~很笨 stupid, slow-witted '
14 呆气 [-氣] dāiqì (dull-looking) stupidity: ~十足 pure stupidity || 研究学 问不可不有几分~. The people who do research should be a little dull. '
15 傻气 [-氣] shǎqì (stupid, muddleheaded-looking) muddleheaded: 冒~ speak or act foolishly || 穿上这件大衣, 他显得有点~. When putting on the overcoat, he looked a little bit stupid. '
12 装糊涂 [裝-塗] zhuānghútú (pretend-confused) pretend to be confused: 故意~ deliberately play the fool || 少~. Stop acting stupid. '
11 笑话 [-話] xiàohuà (laugh-stock) joke, laugh at: 别~她! Don’t laugh at her! || ~他笨 laugh at his stupidness '
26 笨 [-] bèn (dull) stupid, dull: ~方法 a stupid way || 脑子~ a stupid brain '
29 笑话百出 [-話--] xiàohuàbǎichū (joke-by hundred-appear) make many stupid mistakes, make oneself ridiculous: 外国人到了中国, 因为文化 的差异 (chāyì), 常常~. 当然, 中国人到了外国也是这样. Foreigners who come to China often make a lot of stupid mistakes because of cultural differences, and of course, the Chinese do the same things in the foreign countries. '
15 蠢 [-] chǔn (stupid) stupid, clumsy: ~人a fool || ~办法a stupid way '
16 傻 [-] shǎ (foolish) stupid, foolish: ~小子 silly lad || ~念头cuckoo ideas || ~笑giggle '
17 痴呆 [癡-] chīdāi (idiotic-dull) dull-witted, stupid: ~症dementia || 老年~ senile dementia '
18 愚蠢 [-] yúchǔn (silly-stupid) stupid: ~的办法 stupid ways || ~的行为 stupid behaviors || ~的想法stupid ideas '
22 呆头呆脑 [-頭-腦] dāitóu dāinǎo (dull-head-dull-mind) stupid-looking: ~的样子 a stupid looking || ~的人 a person who has idiotic-looking '
23 缺心眼儿 [---兒] quē xīnyǎnr (lack-heart-eye) inconsiderate: 他把一辆 新车送给了一个刚认识三天的女孩子, 他妈妈骂他~. He gave his new car to a girl who had just known him for three days, and his mother scolded him, calling him stupid. '
28 聪明一世, 糊涂一时 [聰---, -塗-時] cōngming yī shì, hútu yī shí (smart-onelife, muddled-one-time) clever all one’s life but stupid this once: 他做了五十年的生意一直都很成功, 可是最近被一个年轻人骗了一大笔 钱. 真是~!He has been doing successful business for 50 years, but recently he was cheated out of a lot of money by a young man. He was clever all his life but stupid this once! '
13 其实 [-實] qíshí (its-fact) in fact, in actuality, in reality: ~不难. In actuality, it’s not very hard. || 他~很笨. In actuality he’s really stupid. || ~不 对. Actually, that’s incorrect. '