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弄巧成拙
/ lòng qiǎo chéng zhuō /
Strokes
Definition
to overreach oneself/to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
Example
Definition
go/dye for wool and come home shorn; try to be smart only to turn out to be clumsy; make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart; suffer from being too smart
1
Zhè
这
yī
一
cì
次
,
tā
他
kěshì
可是
lòngqiǎochéngzhuō
弄巧成拙
le
了
。
This time, he outsmarted himself.