有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴
yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn
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
Traditional: 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰
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- 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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果实(guǒ shí)· fruit (produced by a plant)
→无心插柳柳成阴(wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn)· lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you
→扦(qiān)· short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc
→一步登天(yī bù dēng tiān)· reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
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