机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命

机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命
guānsuànjìntàicōngming,fǎnsuànleqīngqīngxìngmìng

if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

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MEANING

  1. noun

    if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

    • Being too clever in scheming and calculating everything, in the end one harms oneself.

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