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机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命
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Definitions
- 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
quick at hearing
to regard as
intelligent
(bound form) machine; mechanism
let it be
contrary
(of eyes) bright
to the greatest extent
(completed action marker)
to use up
life
mechanism; gear
life
highest
mountain pass
bright