Since the Han Dynasty, owing to different understandings of the meaning of Ning Wuzi s "stupidity" in "Gong Yechang" of The Confucian Analects, there have been two kinds of opinions in Chinese academic circles: real stupidity and intended stupidity.
汉代以来 ,学界对《论语·公冶长》第 2 1章中宁武子之“愚”的理解 ,大致可分为“佯愚论”和“真愚论”两大类。
New Arguments of Enlightenment Thinkers on "Shang Zhi Xia Yu" in Late Ming and Early Qing Period;
明末清初启蒙教育家的上智下愚新论
Questions are never indiscreet;answers sometimes are.
天下无愚问，时或有愚答。
Last April Mr. Marries got fooled by Joe, and this year he will get even.
去年愚人节哈里斯先生被乔愚弄了一次，今年他得报复一下。
Whoa, calm down lady. You are making a fool of yourself.
呜哇，冷静一下女士。你正在愚弄自己。
Their ignorance is only equalled by their stupidity.
他们的无知只有跟他们的愚蠢不相上下。
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
这都是愚顽下贱人的儿女，他们被鞭打，赶出境外。
A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
这都是愚顽下贱人的儿女．们被鞭打、出境外。
"I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house."
我曾见愚妄人扎下根，但我忽然咒诅他的住处。
You will be the loser by your foolish action;now think on that.
你这种愚蠢行为会使你吃亏的，你得考虑一下。
"There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man."
智慧人家中积蓄宝物膏油。愚昧人随得来随吞下。
What he said was so foolish that they hooted him off the platform.
他说的话太愚蠢了,他们用叫喊声把他赶下了台。
Are people born intelligent or stupid?
人真的一生下来便有聪明与愚蠢之分么？
I have seen the fool taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
3我曾见愚妄人扎下根，但我忽然咒诅他的住处。
It was foolish of you to shoot your wad on one throw of dice.
你真是愚蠢极了，掷一下骰子就把钱输光了。
If you behave so foolishly, you must be ready to take the consequences.
如果你这样愚昧下去，你必须准备自食其果。
You will not impress others by being foolishly generous.
金牛座：愚蠢地大方并不会给对方留下深刻印象。
We spend half our lives unlearning the follies transmitted to us by our parents, and the other half transmitting our own follies to our offspring.
我们把半生花费于抛弃传自父母的愚行，又把余下的半生花费于传授自己的愚行给子孙。
Having the characteristics of a lout;awkward, stupid, and boorish.
粗鄙的乡下人具有粗鄙者特点的，笨拙的，愚蠢的，乡下人的