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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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!simp. and trad.
(弄巧成拙)
| 弄
| 巧
| 成
| 拙
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Idiom
弄巧成拙
- to bungle an ingenious scheme