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弄巧成拙
nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō
What 弄巧成拙 means
- to overreach oneself
- to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
The characters in 弄巧成拙
- 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
- 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens
- 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
- 拙zhuōawkward; clumsy; dull
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