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機關算盡太聰明,反算了卿卿性命

jīguānsuànjìntàicōngming,fǎnsuànleqīngqīngxìngmìng

ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ , ㄈㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

Simplified 机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命

  1. 1if 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|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

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