弄巧成拙

zhè yī cì tā kě shì nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō le

这一次，她可是弄巧成拙了。

This time, she outsmarted herself.

tā zhè yàng zuò shí jì shang shì nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō gèng qīng chu de bào lù le zì jǐ

他这样做实际上是弄巧成拙，更清楚地暴露了自己。

In doing so, he is actually self defeating and exposes himself more clearly.

tā běn xiǎng biǎo xiàn de fēng qù yī diǎn què nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō de mào fàn le bié rén

他本想表现得风趣一点，却弄巧成拙地冒犯了别人。

In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness.

měi guó guò fèn yǐ zhòng yú zhè zhǒng jī zhì yǐ jīng kāi shǐ yǒu xiē nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō le

美国过分倚重于这种机制，已经开始有些弄巧成拙了。

It has become self-defeating for the US to place so much weight on them.