Chinese

		clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright	wrong side out or up; anti-	by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket; to cover; to wear	clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright	mistake; error; to miss mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect
trad. (聰明反被聰明誤)		聰明	反	被	聰明	誤
simp. (聪明反被聪明误)		聪明	反	被	聪明	误

Proverb

聰明反被聰明誤

1. Cleverness may overreach itself; A wise man can be ruined by his own wisdom; Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness; Every man has a fool in his sleeve.