弄巧成拙
nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō
Pinyin

Definition

弄巧成拙
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nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō
  1. to overreach oneself
  2. to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

完成
wán chéng
  1. 1 to complete
  2. 2 to accomplish
成
Chéng
  1. 1 surname Cheng
成功
Chéng gōng
  1. 1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan
成名
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
成就
chéng jiù
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 achievement
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 to achieve (a result)
  6. 6 to create
  7. 7 to bring about

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)

Sample Sentences

可能吧。我很喜欢轻松诙谐的气氛，所以有时会想一些笑话来逗逗她，可是她常常不懂得欣赏我的幽默，反而和我生气。要知道我本意并不是要取笑她。真是弄巧成拙啊。
kěnéng ba 。wǒ hěn xǐhuan qīngsōng huīxié de qìfēn ，suǒyǐ yǒushí huì xiǎng yīxiē xiàohuà lái dòu dou tā ，kěshì tā chángcháng bù dǒngde xīnshǎng wǒ de yōumò ，fǎnér hé wǒ shēngqì 。yào zhīdào wǒ běnyì bìngbùshì yào qǔxiào tā 。zhēnshì nòngqiǎochéngzhuō a 。
Yeah, maybe. I really like a relaxed, easy atmosphere, so sometimes I think of a joke or two to get her to laugh. But she often doesn't understand my humor. In fact, she gets angry at me! She should understand that I wasn't trying to make fun of her. I just really hit a nerve.
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