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聰明反被聰明誤 (cung1 ming4 faan2 bei4 cung1 ming4 ng6) — clever people may fall victim to their own cleverness in Cantonese

cungˉ¹聰mingˎ₄明faanˊ²反beiˎ₄被cungˉ¹聰mingˎ₄明ngˍ₆誤
简 聪明反被聪明误
Mandarin Pinyin: cong1 ming2 fan3 bei4 cong1 ming2 wu4

Meaning of 聰明反被聰明誤

nounclever people may fall victim to their own cleverness
nountoo clever by half; cleverness may overreach itself; a wise man can be ruined by his own wisdom

Characters in 聰明反被聰明誤

聰cung1
with a good faculty of hearing
明ming4
a Chinese family name
反faan2
turn over; reverse; turn around
被bei6
be (used before passive verb when the doer of the action is not mentioned); suffer (from)
誤ng6
mistake; error

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