无心插柳
wú​xīn​chā​liǔ

unanticipated

  • created sense approved 无心插柳/無心插柳 · wú​xīn​chā​liǔ · unanticipated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无心插柳 / 無心插柳

    wú​xīn​chā​liǔ

    unanticipated

    (idiom) describes a good outcome that was unanticipated, serendipitous, or fortuitous

    无心 (literal) → 无心/無心 · wú​xīn · unintentionally 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow

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

    created sense