Mastering Chinese involves learning single characters, creating words, and finally, idioms. This free idiom resource introduces 「弄巧反拙」, with its explanation below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「弄巧反拙」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
I wanted to be clever, but ended up doing something stupid. Same as “overdo something”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
nòng qiǎo fǎn zhuō
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lung6 haau2 faan2 jyut3
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.
