jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng
Traditional: 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命
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) is a Chinese word meaning “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])”.
Meanings
- 1if 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])
Characters in 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命
机jī · (bound form) machine; mechanism关guān · mountain pass算suàn · to calculate; to figure out尽jǐn · to the greatest extent太tài · highest聪cōng · (literary) acute (of hearing)明míng · bright反fǎn · contrary算suàn · to calculate; to figure out了le · (completed action marker)卿qīng · high ranking official (old)卿qīng · high ranking official (old)性xìng · nature命mìng · life