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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cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
  1. a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
  2. too smart for one's own good

Related Words (20)

fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
bèi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 by
  3. 3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)
  4. 4 (literary) to cover
  5. 5 to meet with
  6. 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
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 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
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)