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Meaning of 聪明反被聪明误

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
聪 cōng 明 míng 反 fǎn 被 bèi 聪 cōng 明 míng 误 wù (Trad.: 聰明反被聰明誤)
a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
Example Sentences
1
他这次可是聪明反被聪明误了
。
He has outsmarted himself this time.
2
天才常因自误而铸大错
。
/
聪明反被聪明误
。
Genius often betrays itself into great errors.
3
不过米农人有时也会聪明反被聪明误
。
But the Minoans sometimes were too clever for their own good.
4
他以为他可以从格林先生那拿到钱
,
但是他什么也没得到
。
他真是聪明反被聪明误啊
。
He thought he could get Mr. Green's money in his pocket but he lost all, he was too clever by half.
5
我们已经如此精于自我保护
,
以至于最终聪明反被聪明误
。
We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we all outsmarted ourselves.