什么叫作自作聪明
“what it means to be too clever”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那我便让她知道
“I'll let her know”
什么叫 作 自作聪明
“what it means to be too clever”
“I will show her what true disaster looks like when she thinks she is so clever.”
In Chinese culture, overstepping boundaries through hubris (自作聪明) is seen as inviting inevitable ruin.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
acting clever; being too smart for one's own good
Use this idiom when criticizing someone who tries to be shrewd but ends up causing their own downfall.
what is meant by; what it truly means to be
Commonly used in rhetorical statements or threats to introduce an object lesson.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You made choices for my life”
“(So full of yourself.)”
“a little too self-righteous?”
“How can I be called clever?”
“is just self-righteousness.”
“You're truly outsmarted by your own cleverness.”