弄巧成拙
nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō
Pinyin

Definition

弄巧成拙
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nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō
  1. to overreach oneself
  2. to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wán chéng
  1. 1 to complete
  2. 2 to accomplish
Chéng
  1. 1 surname Cheng
Chéng gōng
  1. 1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
chéng jiù
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 achievement
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 to achieve (a result)
  6. 6 to create
  7. 7 to bring about
chéng wéi
  1. 1 to become
  2. 2 to turn into
chéng zhǎng
  1. 1 to mature
  2. 2 to grow
  3. 3 growth
biàn chéng
  1. 1 to change into
  2. 2 to turn into
  3. 3 to become
shì yè yǒu chéng
  1. 1 to be successful in business
  2. 2 professional success
fēn chéng
  1. 1 to divide (into)
  2. 2 to split a bonus
  3. 3 to break into
  4. 4 tenths
  5. 5 percentage allotment
qiē chéng
  1. 1 to cut up (into pieces)
  2. 2 to slice
  3. 3 to carve
  4. 4 to dice
  5. 5 to shred
hé chéng
  1. 1 to compose
  2. 2 to constitute
  3. 3 compound
  4. 4 synthesis
  5. 5 mixture
  6. 6 synthetic
qiǎo
  1. 1 opportunely
  2. 2 coincidentally
  3. 3 as it happens
  4. 4 skillful
  5. 5 timely
qiǎo kè lì
  1. 1 chocolate (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
qiǎo hé
  1. 1 coincidence
  2. 2 coincidental
  3. 3 to coincide
qiǎo miào
  1. 1 ingenious
  2. 2 clever
  3. 3 ingenuity
  4. 4 artifice
jiàn chéng
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to build
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
nòng diū
  1. 1 to lose
nòng dào
  1. 1 to get hold of
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to secure
  4. 4 to come by

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
不以规矩,不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén
  1. 1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不成体统
bù chéng tǐ tǒng
  1. 1 not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous
  2. 2 bad form
  3. 3 unacceptable behavior
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
  1. 1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū
  1. 1 not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù
  1. 1 to win success and recognition (idiom)
功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
  1. 1 to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
  2. 2 to fall at the last hurdle
  3. 3 snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Sample Sentences

可能吧。我很喜欢轻松诙谐的气氛,所以有时会想一些笑话来逗逗她,可是她常常不懂得欣赏我的幽默,反而和我生气。要知道我本意并不是要取笑她。真是弄巧成拙啊。
kěnéng ba 。wǒ hěn xǐhuan qīngsōng huīxié de qìfēn ,suǒyǐ yǒushí huì xiǎng yīxiē xiàohuà lái dòu dou tā ,kěshì tā chángcháng bù dǒngde xīnshǎng wǒ de yōumò ,fǎnér hé wǒ shēngqì 。yào zhīdào wǒ běnyì bìngbùshì yào qǔxiào tā 。zhēnshì nòngqiǎochéngzhuō a 。
Yeah, maybe. I really like a relaxed, easy atmosphere, so sometimes I think of a joke or two to get her to laugh. But she often doesn't understand my humor. In fact, she gets angry at me! She should understand that I wasn't trying to make fun of her. I just really hit a nerve.