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弄巧成拙

nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō

Definition

  1. to overreach oneself
  2. to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face

Character Decomposition

弄
=
王
+
廾
巧
=
工
+
丂
成
=
万
+
？
拙
=
扌
+
出

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