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機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命

简机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 · 繁機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命

Mandarin · pinyin jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng

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 Hóng lóu Mèng)

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算: suàn · count, calculate, figure; plan
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太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
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明: míng · bright, light, brilliant; clear
反: fǎn · reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
了: le · to finish; particle of completed action
卿: qīng · noble, high officer
性: xìng · nature, character, sex
命: mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
机: jī · desk; machine; moment
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
尽: jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete
聪: cōng · intelligent, clever, bright

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