机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命
jī​guān​suàn​jìn​tài​cōng​ming​fǎn​suàn​le​qīng​qīng​xìng​mìng

smart people often outsmart themselves

  • created reference approved 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命/機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 → 红楼梦/紅樓夢 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 / 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 jī​guān​suàn​jìn​tài​cōng​ming​fǎn​suàn​le​qīng​qīng​xìng​mìng

    红楼梦 / 紅樓夢 hóng​lóu​mèng

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  • created sense approved 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命/機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 · jī​guān​suàn​jìn​tài​cōng​ming​fǎn​suàn​le​qīng​qīng​xìng​mìng · smart people often outsmart themselves — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 / 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命

    jī​guān​suàn​jìn​tài​cōng​ming​fǎn​suàn​le​qīng​qīng​xìng​mìng

    smart people often outsmart themselves

    If one is too calculating, it will lead to one's own undoing. This is a famous line from the novel [[红楼梦|紅樓夢|hong2 lou2 meng4]].

    机关算尽 (literal) → 机关算尽/機關算盡 · jī​guān​suàn​jìn · to exhaust every scheme 太 (literal) → 太 · tài · too 聪明 (literal) → 聪明/聰明 · cōng​ming · intelligent ， (non_chinese) 反 (literal) → 反 · fǎn · on the contrary 算 (literal) → 算 · suàn · to plot against 了 (bound) → 了 · le · [aspect marker] 卿卿 (reduplication) → 卿 · qīng · [term of endearment] 性命 (literal) → 性命 · xìng​mìng · life

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