miscalculate 打錯算盤

miscalculate
繁：打錯算盤
简：打错算盘

中聯辦發言人亦發聲明，堅決反對和強烈譴責所謂的制裁，又指絕不畏懼任何蠻橫霸道，稱美國如果認為所謂制裁能讓中國人妥協退讓，那是弄錯時代，打錯算盤及枉費心機。

中聯辦：不畏懼蠻橫霸道　想中國人退讓是枉費心機（2020年8月8日）。Now新聞，取自 https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=400977

The spokesman for the Liaison Office said Washington had “miscalculated” and “wasted its efforts” if it thought the sanctions would make the Chinese people compromise and back down.

US sanctions are clowning actions: Liaison Office. (2020, Aug 8). rthk. Retrieved from
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1542547-20200808.htm