知恵 (ちえ, chie) Japanese meaning: wisdom | Kotomoraを
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He has a lot of wisdom about life.
When I'm in trouble, I borrow my grandmother's wisdom.
Usage patterns
〈人〉に知恵を借りるto borrow someone's wisdom/advice
When I was in trouble, I decided to borrow my senior's wisdom.
知恵を働かせるto use one's wits
〈人〉に知恵をつけるto put ideas/tricks into someone's head
Someone must have put ideas into the child's head.
〈人〉の知恵を頼りにするto rely on someone's wisdom
Since it's a difficult problem, we have no choice but to rely on everyone's wisdom.
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知恵の輪disentanglement puzzle; wire puzzle 下衆の後知恵hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit
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無い知恵を絞るrack one's brain; think hard with limited knowledge 三人寄れば文殊の知恵three heads are better than two; even ordinary people can have great wisdom when they put their heads together
You need to use your wits to cook with so few ingredients.
hindsight; wisdom after the fact
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shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
shallow cunning; superficial cleverness
wisdom tooth
unexplained infant fever; teething fever · fever from overthinking
delayed mental development; cognitive delay; late-developing intelligence · hindsight; wisdom after the event
hint; suggestion
dissection puzzle; tangram; Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita
wisdom and good judgment; practical wisdom
wisdom and resourcefulness; cleverness and talent
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