弄巧成拙

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Chinese

to do; to manage; to handle
to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
 
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
 
finish; complete; accomplish
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 
awkward; clumsy; dull
awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
 
simp. and trad.
(弄巧成拙)

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弄巧成拙

  1. to bungle an ingenious scheme

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