无心插柳柳成阴
wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yīn

unexpected success

  • created reference approved 无心插柳柳成阴/無心插柳柳成陰 → 无心插柳柳成荫/無心插柳柳成蔭 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无心插柳柳成阴 / 無心插柳柳成陰 wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yīn

    无心插柳柳成荫 / 無心插柳柳成蔭 wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yìn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 无心插柳柳成阴/無心插柳柳成陰 → 有意栽花花不发/有意栽花花不發 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无心插柳柳成阴 / 無心插柳柳成陰 wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yīn

    有意栽花花不发 / 有意栽花花不發 yǒu​yì​zāi​huā​huā​bù​fā

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 无心插柳柳成阴/無心插柳柳成陰 → 有意栽花花不活 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无心插柳柳成阴 / 無心插柳柳成陰 wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yīn

    有意栽花花不活 yǒu​yì​zāi​huā​huā​bù​huó

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 无心插柳柳成阴/無心插柳柳成陰 · wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yīn · unexpected success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无心插柳柳成阴 / 無心插柳柳成陰

    wú​xīn​chā​liǔ​liǔ​chéng​yīn

    unexpected success

    unintentional actions may bring unexpected results; literally to idly poke a willow branch in the ground and have it grow into a shade tree

    无心 (literal) → 无心/無心 · wú​xīn · unintentionally 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 阴 (literal) → 阴/陰 · yīn · shade

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense