弄巧反拙

see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1]

Characters and words in 弄巧反拙

lane / alley

= + : Martin Luther King (王) cannot take of his handcuffs (廾). Lenny Lemur (lu) is leading him secretly through a small lane (弄) into engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with

= + : Nelson Newt (nu) has been fiddling (弄) with Martin Luther King's (王) handcuffs (廾) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for hours until he was finally able to open them.
old variant of 弄[nong4]

= + : Nelson Newt (nu) has been fiddling (弄) with Martin Luther King's (王) handcuffs (廾) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for hours until he was finally able to open them.
variant of 弄[long4]

= + : Martin Luther King (王) cannot take of his handcuffs (廾). Lenny Lemur (lu) is leading him secretly through a small lane (弄) into engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) arrived just at the right time (巧) in the aorta (ao3). When she arrived a big chocolate (巧) house, reinforced using steel beams (工), was about to melt and collapse. Just at the right time the Queen of Hearts put a huge breathing mask (丂) under the collapsing structure to collect the chocolate, filter it with the mask and reuse it.
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

= + : A protester (mnemonic symbol for 反) makes a racket in the anthill's living room (an3). He's got a huge banana tree (⺁) with him and wants to protest against the exploitation of banana farm workers. Frankenstein's Monster (f) is annoyed by him and punches him with a boxing glove (又).
awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) wants to use the emergency exit (出) in front of the observatory (o1), but it has to be operated using eight toy claws (扌) at the same time. Julian Giant Squid is just too clumsy (拙) to do so and so he is unable to open the emergency exit door.

Words with 弄巧反拙

弄巧反拙 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 弄巧反拙

弄巧反拙 currently does not appear in any sentence.