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無心插柳柳成蔭 (mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3) — reap unexpected results from an unintentional action in Cantonese

mouˎ₄無samˉ¹心caap˗₃插lauˏ₅柳lauˏ₅柳singˎ₄成jam˗₃蔭
简 无心插柳柳成荫
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 xin4 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin4

Meaning of 無心插柳柳成蔭

nounreap unexpected results from an unintentional action
nounto reap unexpected rewards from an one's unintentional actions

Characters in 無心插柳柳成蔭

無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
心sam1
Kangxi radical 61
插caap3
interpose; intersperse; cut in
柳lau5
fillet
成sing4
one tenth; 10 per cent
蔭jam1
shade of a tree

Words Containing 無心插柳柳成蔭

有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭jau5 ji3 zoi1 faa1 faa1 bat1 faat3 mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3
what one intentionally does ends fruitless; but what one unintentionally does ends up producing suprising results

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