事与愿违 shìyǔyuànwéi to go against one's wishes Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 事与愿违 事與願違 shìyǔyuànwéi to go against one's wishes things turn out contrary to the way one wishes; the outcome is the opposite of what was intended Frequency Movie subtitles 1.22 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.44 per million Cross-References Synonym 适得其反 shìdéqífǎn天不从人愿 tiānbùcóngrényuàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
事与愿违 事與願違 shìyǔyuànwéi to go against one's wishes things turn out contrary to the way one wishes; the outcome is the opposite of what was intended Frequency Movie subtitles 1.22 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.44 per million Cross-References Synonym 适得其反 shìdéqífǎn天不从人愿 tiānbùcóngrényuàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
