机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 | Chinese meaning

机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命【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|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命【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|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

机

HSK 1

含义desk; machine; moment

拼音jī

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关

HSK 1

含义frontier pass; close; relation

拼音guān

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算

HSK 21

含义count, calculate, figure; plan

拼音suàn

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尽

HSK 3

含义exhaust, use up; deplete

拼音jǐn

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太

HSK 11

含义very, too, much; big; extreme

拼音tài

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聪

HSK 5

含义intelligent, clever, bright

拼音cōng

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明

HSK 11

含义bright, light, brilliant; clear

拼音míng

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反

HSK 32

含义reverse, opposite, contrary, anti

拼音fǎn

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了

HSK 11

含义to finish; particle of completed action

拼音le

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卿

含义noble, high officer

拼音qīng

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性

HSK 33

含义nature, character, sex

拼音xìng

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命

HSK 32

含义life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

拼音mìng

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