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自作聪明
zì​zuò​cōng​míng

to think oneself clever

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自作聪明/ 自作聰明 zì​zuò​cōng​míng to think oneself clever

(idiom) to think oneself clever; to outsmart oneself by being too clever; to act presumptuously based on a mistaken belief in one's own intelligence

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