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<< review queue entry 67371 - submitted by 'monigeria' >> 《紅樓夢》 Ch. 5 https://ctext.org/hongloumeng/ch5/zh 《賈寶玉神遊太虛境 警幻仙曲演紅樓夢》 Section #34: https://ctext.org/hongloumeng/ch5/zh#n103516 34 賈寶玉神... : 聰明累 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命！生前心已碎，死後性空靈。家富人寧，終有個家亡人散各奔騰。枉費了意懸懸半世心，好一似蕩悠悠三更夢。忽喇喇，似大廈傾，昏慘慘，似燈將盡。呀！一場歡喜忽悲辛，歎人世，終難定！ GR: (provr.) Tes calculs et intrigues sont trop malins, au bout du compte ils ruineront ton destin. – Note : Citation du 红楼梦 Hong Lou Meng ou Rêve dans le pavillon rouge, roman de 曹雪芹 Cao Xue qin (? -1763), écrivain chinois (dyn. 清 Qing), empl. auj. pour railler les gens qui s’estiment intelligents alors que leur prétention les perd. Google Translate for GR: (provr.) Your calculations and plots are too clever, in the end they will ruin your fate. - Note: Quote from 红楼梦 Hong Lou Meng or Dream in the Red Pavilion, novel by 曹雪芹 Cao Xue qin (? -1763), Chinese writer (dyn. 清 Qing), empl. today to taunt people who think they are smart when their pretense is losing them. Pleco C-E 机关算尽 IDIOM use up all one's tricks; use every stratagem; for all one's calculations and scheming 机关算尽太聪明, 反误了卿卿性命！(《红楼梦》) jīguānsuànjìn tài cōngming, fǎn wùle qīngqīng xìngmìng! Too much plotting and scheming is the cause of her own undoing. or All your clever calculations and intrigues brought nothing but your doom. · They write, "反误" instead of "反算" which seems to be a common miswriting of the original quote. Story of Stone David Hawke Ninth Song: Caught By Her Own Cunning Too shrewd by half, with such finesse you wrought That your own life in your own toils was caught p.82 Dream of Red Mansions Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Hgo Tenth Song: Ruined by Cunning! Too much cunning in plotting and scheming Is the cause of her own undoing Dream of the Red Chamber H. Bencraft Joly The bane of intelligence. Yours will be the power to estimate, in a thorough manner, the real motives of all things, as yours will be intelligence of an excessive degree; but instead (of reaping any benefit) you will cast the die of your own existence! |
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# 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 [ji1 guan1 suan4 jin4 tai4 cong1 ming2 , fan3 suan4 le5 qing1 qing1 xing4 ming4] /if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of their own undoing/ + 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 [ji1 guan1 suan4 jin4 tai4 cong1 ming5 , fan3 suan4 le5 qing1 qing1 xing4 ming4] /if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])/ |