聪明反被聪明误 cōngmingfǎnbèicōngmingwù too smart for one's own good Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 cōngmingfǎnbèicōngmingwù too smart for one's own good (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of their own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself. It describes someone who tries to use schemes or clever tactics but ends up harming their own interests. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.216 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 cōngmingfǎnbèicōngmingwù too smart for one's own good (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of their own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself. It describes someone who tries to use schemes or clever tactics but ends up harming their own interests. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.216 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)