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机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命

jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng

Definitions

  • if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])