有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴 | | lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it |
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有 | | to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) |
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有意 | | to intend / intentionally / interested in |
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意 | | Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利) |
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意 | | idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate |
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栽 | | to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down |
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花 | | surname Hua |
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花 | | flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful |
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花 | | variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] |
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花 | | surname Hua |
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花 | | flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful |
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花 | | variant of 花 / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3] |
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不 | | no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
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发 | | to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
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发 | | hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
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无 | | not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
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无心 | | unintentionally / not in the mood to |
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无心插柳 | | (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated / serendipitous / fortuitous |
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无心插柳柳成阴 | | lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫 |
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心 | | heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个 |
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插 | | to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose |
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柳 | | surname Liu |
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柳 | | willow |
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柳 | | surname Liu |
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柳 | | willow |
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成 | | surname Cheng |
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成 | | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
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阴 | | surname Yin |
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阴 | | overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia |
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