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弄巧成拙

弄巧成拙

Chinese

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to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley

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opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely

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finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth

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awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my

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Idiom

弄巧成拙

  1. to bungle an ingenious scheme