Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 2 entries. cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù 聪明反被聪明误 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù 聰明反被聰明誤 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity