弄巧反拙

see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1]

lane / alley

to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with

old variant of 弄[nong4]

variant of 弄[long4]

opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely

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

awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]