nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō

弄巧成拙 (nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō) is a Chinese word meaning “to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face”.

Meanings

  1. 1to overreach oneself
  2. 2to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face

Characters in 弄巧成拙

弄lòng · lane巧qiǎo · opportunely成chéng · to succeed拙zhuō · awkward

Related words

弄lane弄to do弄old variant of 弄[nong4]弄variant of 弄[long4]成to succeed成surname Cheng成为to become; to turn into成功to succeed成功Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan变成to change into完成to complete; to accomplish造成to bring about; to create; to cause

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