弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō

nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō set phrase to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '弄巧成拙')

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• Scroll 8 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 3
• Scroll 8 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 3
• Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 6 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 12 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 4 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 4 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1