Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Gifted and clairvoyant: Describes a person who possesses exceptional talent, wisdom, and the ability to perceive and understand things clearly and deeply, often foreseeing outcomes. It implies a combination of high intelligence and profound insight.
   • Perspicacious; sagacious: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise and shrewd.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Vị lãnh đạo ấy thật sự cao minh. (That leader is truly gifted and clairvoyant.)
  • Nhờ có sự chỉ dẫn của bậc cao minh, chúng tôi đã vượt qua khó khăn. (Thanks to the guidance of a sagacious person, we overcame the difficulties.)
  • Quyết định cao minh của ông ấy đã đem lại lợi ích cho mọi người. (His perspicacious decision brought benefits to everyone.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "cao minh" is often used in formal, literary, or respectful contexts to describe revered figures, wise leaders, or esteemed elders. It carries a connotation of venerable wisdom and is less common in everyday casual speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Minh triết (adj/n): Philosophically wise; wisdom.
  • Triết lý sống đầy minh triết. (A life philosophy full of wisdom.)
• Sáng suốt (adj): Clear-sighted, lucid, sensible.
  • Cô ấy đã đưa ra quyết định rất sáng suốt. (She made a very sensible decision.)

Synonyms

• Wise: Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
• Sagacious: Having keen mental discernment and judgment.
• Perspicacious: Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
• Astute: Having an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.

Related Idioms

• While "cao minh" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is conceptually related to proverbs about wisdom:
  • "Khôn ngoan đến già, học ngoan đến lão": One is wise until old age, one learns until one is aged. (Equivalent to "Live and learn.")

adj

1. Gifted and clairvoyant