有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫 yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfāwúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn plans often fail but luck can bring success Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭 yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfāwúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn plans often fail but luck can bring success intentional efforts may fail while unexpected actions lead to success; literally: planting flowers with care but they do not bloom, while sticks of willow planted without thought grow into shade Cross-References Has variant 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfāwúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭 yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfāwúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn plans often fail but luck can bring success intentional efforts may fail while unexpected actions lead to success; literally: planting flowers with care but they do not bloom, while sticks of willow planted without thought grow into shade Cross-References Has variant 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfāwúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn
