所以我才自作聪明地
“So I came up with this foolish plan,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就会失去你
“would mean losing you.”
所以我才 自作聪明 地
“So I came up with this foolish plan,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Downplaying one's intellect by admitting to 'acting cleverly' softens fault and signals earnest emotional contrition.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
act clever only to fool oneself / outsmart oneself
A very common idiom used when admitting that one's supposed ingenuity backfired disastrously.
that is why I only then...
A connective structure used to emphasize the core underlying justification for an action.