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机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命

jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng

15-character word Traditional 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命

What 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 means

1. if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" {红楼梦|Hóng lóu Mèng})

The characters in 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命

• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 卿qīnghigh ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 卿qīnghigh ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command