"聰明反被聰明誤" meaning in Chinese

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Proverb

IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ faːn³⁵ pei̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ ŋ̍²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/, /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ faːn³⁵ pei̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ ŋ̍²²/ Chinese transliterations: cōngmíng fǎn bèi cōngmíng wù [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], cung¹ ming⁴ faan² bei⁶ cung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], cōngmíng fǎn bèi cōngmíng wù [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], congmíng fǎn bèi congmíng wù [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsʻung¹-ming² fan³ pei⁴ tsʻung¹-ming² wu⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tsūng-míng fǎn bèi tsūng-míng wù [Mandarin, Yale], tsongming faan bey tsongming wuh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цунмин фань бэй цунмин у [Mandarin, Palladius], cunmin fanʹ bɛj cunmin u [Mandarin, Palladius], chūng mìhng fáan beih chūng mìhng ngh [Cantonese, Yale], tsung¹ ming⁴ faan² bei⁶ tsung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cung¹ ming⁴ fan² béi⁶ cung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 聰明反被聰明誤
  1. Cleverness may overreach itself; A wise man can be ruined by his own wisdom; Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness; Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
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