粵

弄lung6巧haau2反faan2拙zyut3

lung6 haau2 faan2 zyut3lung6 haau2 faan2 zyut6nòng qiǎo fǎn zhuō

English

  1. see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1]
  2. wanting to show off at first but end up doing stupid things
  3. outsmarting oneself; trying out a good trick but producing an adverse result

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺原有嘅程序上再做多啲嘢，為求有一個好結果，但係反而會令結果變壞

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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