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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 · ji guan suan jin tai cong ming , fan suan le qing qing xing ming

Traditional 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命

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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 (Hóng lóu Mèng))

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