这李怀安就是自作聪明
“Li Huai'an thought he was being clever”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's better than me taking the military power.”
这李怀安 就是 自作聪明
“Li Huai'an thought he was being clever”
结果被两方都利用了
“but ended up being used by both sides.”
“He thought he was being cunning, but he walked right into a foolish trap.”
Chinese political and military philosophy places great emphasis on humility and hidden depth; being overly eager to showcase cleverness is seen as a fatal flaw that inevitably invites downfall.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
acting clever only to end up being foolish; outsmarting oneself
A highly frequent four-character idiom used to criticize someone whose overthinking or arrogance leads to failure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why did Li Huaian make up such a lie”
“Say, this Li Huaian”
“Grand Tutor Li and Li Huai'an”
“Why did that rascal Li Huaian go to Lin'an Town?”
“it is all because Li Huaiqin lacked virtue after drinking”
“that rascal Li Huai'an has really left Lin'an.”