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

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Definitions

  1. 1. 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])

Child Words of 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命

了
le

(completed action marker)

尽
jǐn

to the greatest extent

反
fǎn

contrary

命
mìng

life

太
tài

highest

性命
xìng mìng

life

机关
jī guān

mechanism; gear

尽
jìn

to use up

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

算
suàn

to regard as

算了
suàn le

let it be

聪明
cōng ming

intelligent

关
guān

mountain pass

明
míng

bright

机
jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism

聪
cōng

quick at hearing