聪明反被聪明误

Traditional form:

聰明反被聰明誤

Pinyin (reading):

cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù

Definitions:

• (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good

Characters:

• 聪 - sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
• 被 - bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"
• 聪 - sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 误 - error, fault, mistake; to delay

Traditional characters:

• 聰 - sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
• 被 - bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"
• 聰 - sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 誤 - error, fault, mistake; to delay