Dec 4, 2019 17:57
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Street smart
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How would I say street smart in chinese?
Example: I´m not book smart, but I´m street smart!
Example: I´m not book smart, but I´m street smart!
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 5 | 社会经验型能人 |
Bruce Guo
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| 4 +1 | 街頭智慧 or 在街頭生存的智慧 |
Chia-ling Huang
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| 5 | 会来事 |
jyuan_us
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| 5 | 社会阅历丰富 |
LIZ LI
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| 4 | 市井小聰明 市井精明 |
brunoccj
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| 4 | 精明 |
Kiet Bach
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Proposed translations
50 mins
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社会经验型能人
book smart refers to those successful people who are well-educated---highlighting knowledge from books;
whereas street smart refers to those who are not well-educated but also succeeded relying on their experience and etc. other than a diploma---highlighting social experience.
I´m not book smart, but I´m street smart!
我不是书本知识型能人，但我是社会经验型能人；
other translations for reference
1）我不擅读书，但擅于实干！
2）我读书不多，但阅历不浅！
3）我非学富五车，但也一身本事！
4）我才疏学浅，但技不输人！
5）我不是书本知识型，而是身经百战型！
6）我未饱读诗书，但照样出类拔萃！
whereas street smart refers to those who are not well-educated but also succeeded relying on their experience and etc. other than a diploma---highlighting social experience.
I´m not book smart, but I´m street smart!
我不是书本知识型能人，但我是社会经验型能人；
other translations for reference
1）我不擅读书，但擅于实干！
2）我读书不多，但阅历不浅！
3）我非学富五车，但也一身本事！
4）我才疏学浅，但技不输人！
5）我不是书本知识型，而是身经百战型！
6）我未饱读诗书，但照样出类拔萃！
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+1
41 mins
Chia-ling Huang
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街頭智慧 or 在街頭生存的智慧
街頭智慧 或 在街頭生存的智慧
街头智慧 或 在街头生存的智慧
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21828441
http://mrjamie.cc/tag/street-smart/
http://blog.udn.com/corecorner/4758380
https://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/articles/10082089
街头智慧 或 在街头生存的智慧
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21828441
http://mrjamie.cc/tag/street-smart/
http://blog.udn.com/corecorner/4758380
https://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/articles/10082089
43 mins
市井小聰明 市井精明
xxx
50 mins
精明
I´m not book smart, but I´m street smart!
我没有饱读诗书，但我自觉精明。
我没有饱读诗书，但我自觉精明。
5 hrs
会来事
我很会来事。
6 hrs
社会阅历丰富
对比 book smart/school smart = 科班出身，无论第一二三人称都适用。
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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-12-05 00:45:37 GMT)
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BTW, this is a noun-to-adjective kind of translation, not noun-to-noun.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-12-05 00:45:37 GMT)
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BTW, this is a noun-to-adjective kind of translation, not noun-to-noun.
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