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事与愿违
shì yǔ yuàn wéi
What 事与愿违 means
- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
The characters in 事与愿违
- 事shìmatter; thing; item
- 与yǔ(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
- 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
- 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
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