弄巧成拙

to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face

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

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

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