聪明反被聪明误 (聰明反被聰明誤)
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
Pinyin
Definition
聪明反被聪明误 (聰明反被聰明誤)
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- a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
- too smart for one's own good
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 anyway
- 2 in any case
- 3 to come over from the enemy's side
- 1 tomorrow
- 1 star
- 2 celebrity
- 1 clear
- 2 obvious
- 3 unequivocal
- 4 to understand
- 5 to realize
- 1 quilt
- 2 by
- 3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)
- 4 (literary) to cover
- 5 to meet with
- 6 (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bèi zì shā])
Idioms (20)
一反常态
- 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
- 2 entirely outside the norm
- 3 out of character
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不明事理
- 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
- 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)