弄巧成拙

Chinese

		to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
simp. and trad. (弄巧成拙)		弄	巧	成	拙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nòngqiǎochéngzhuō, nòngqiǎochéngzhuó

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄛ, ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁶ haau² sing⁴ zyut⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nòngqiǎochéngzhuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nòngciǎochéngjhuo
  - Wade–Giles: nung⁴-chʻiao³-chʻêng²-cho¹
  - Yale: nùng-chyǎu-chéng-jwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nonqcheaucherngjuo
  - Palladius: нунцяочэнчжо (nuncjaočɛnčžo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nòngqiǎochéngzhuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nòngciǎochéngjhuó
  - Wade–Giles: nung⁴-chʻiao³-chʻêng²-cho²
  - Yale: nùng-chyǎu-chéng-jwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nonqcheaucherngjwo
  - Palladius: нунцяочэнчжо (nuncjaočɛnčžo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁶ haau² sing⁴ zyut⁶
  - Yale: luhng háau sìhng jyuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁶ haau² sing⁴ dzyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁶ hao² xing⁴ jud⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²² haːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ t͡ʃyːt̚²/

Idiom

弄巧成拙

to bungle an ingenious scheme

Synonyms

弄巧反拙

Antonyms

歪打正著／歪打正着 (wāidǎzhèngzháo)

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