► 成句
知恵 [(2)ちえ] [知恵を絞る] meaning: think rank: 2
☆ 彼は知恵を絞って絶妙な解決策を考えだした ⇨ He wrung his wisdom, racked his brain, and came up with a great solution (☛ Think hard and typically come up with innovative ideas)
► 名詞
知恵 [(2)ちえ] meaning: idea rank: 2
☆ あなたの知恵を借りたい ⇨ I want to borrow, pick, your brain
知恵 [(2)ちえ] meaning: intelligent rank: 2
☆ 彼は知恵が足りない ⇨ He doesn’t have enough intelligence, not smart
More examples:
- 日本には猿知恵で英語を使う連中が多い ⇨ In Japan there are many who use English with monkey-like, wrong, knowledge
- あいつは仕事は出来ない癖に悪知恵だけは働く ⇨ He is not competent but somehow comes up with evil ideas
- 彼は何とか知恵を絞り出そうと頑張った ⇨ He tired hard to squeeze out a good idea (from his brain)
- 素人の浅知恵 ⇨ Stupid ideas, would-be solutions, amateurs come up with
- ちょっと御知恵を拝借させて頂きたいのですが ⇨ I’d like to borrow your ideas, pick your brain
- 彼が自分で思いつくわけがないから誰かが入れ知恵したに違いない ⇨ Someone must’ve given him the idea because he wouldn’t have come up with it on his own
- あいつは悪知恵だけは働く ⇨ He has ingenuity only for evil things