聰cung1明ming4反faan2被bei6聰cung1明ming4誤ng6

simp聪明反被聪明误

cung1 ming4 faan2 bei6 cung1 ming4 ng6cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

English

(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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