Read Edit View history 弄巧成拙 nòngqiǎochéngzhuō to outsmart oneself Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 弄巧成拙 nòngqiǎochéngzhuō (also nòngqiǎochéngzhuó) to outsmart oneself to try to be clever and end up making things worse; to overreach oneself and fail; to end up with egg on one's face Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 画蛇添足/畫蛇添足 → 弄巧成拙/弄巧成拙 Edit Delete
弄巧成拙 nòngqiǎochéngzhuō (also nòngqiǎochéngzhuó) to outsmart oneself to try to be clever and end up making things worse; to overreach oneself and fail; to end up with egg on one's face Edit Delete