Street smart
Chinese translation: 社会经验型能人
| 17:57 Dec 4, 2019 |
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|  Selected response from: Bruce Guo China Local time: 00:38 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | 街頭智慧 or 在街頭生存的智慧 |
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| 5 | 社会经验型能人 |
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| 5 | 会来事 |
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| 5 | 社会阅历丰富 |
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| 4 | 市井小聰明 市井精明 |
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| 4 | 精明 |
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41 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| street smart 街頭智慧 or 在街頭生存的智慧 Explanation: 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 |
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43 mins confidence:
| street smart 市井小聰明 市井精明 Explanation: xxx |
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50 mins confidence:
| street smart 精明 Explanation: I´m not book smart, but I´m street smart! 我没有饱读诗书，但我自觉精明。 |
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50 mins confidence:
| street smart 社会经验型能人 Explanation: 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！ https://www.zybang.com/question/28219b57c7d087b9687d1a356635f346.html |
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5 hrs confidence:
| street smart 会来事 Explanation: 我很会来事。 |
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6 hrs confidence:
| street smart 社会阅历丰富 Explanation: 对比 book smart/school smart = 科班出身，无论第一二三人称都适用。 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2019-12-05 00:45:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- BTW, this is a noun-to-adjective kind of translation, not noun-to-noun. |
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