弄巧成拙
nòng​qiǎo​chéng​zhuō

backfire

弄巧成拙 nòng​qiǎo​chéng​zhuō
backfire idiom
to attempt a clever maneuver only to have it backfire or result in a clumsy mistake; to overreach oneself

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Movie subtitles
0.360 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.577 per million

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