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cleverness backfiring

聪明反被聪明误 (聰明反被聰明誤) cōng​míng​fǎn​bèi​cōng​míng​wù
cleverness backfiring
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good

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Movie subtitles
0.240 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.216 per million

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