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

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• 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 t͡syːt̚²/

Idiom

弄巧成拙

1. to bungle an ingenious scheme

Synonyms

• 弄巧反拙

Antonyms

• 歪打正著／歪打正着 (wāidǎzhèngzháo)