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无心插柳柳成阴
wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn
What 无心插柳柳成阴 means
- lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you
- (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success
- also written 无心插柳柳成荫
The characters in 无心插柳柳成阴
- 无wúnot to have; no; none
- 心xīnheart; mind; intention
- 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
- 柳liǔwillow
- 柳liǔwillow
- 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
- 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
Words containing 无心插柳柳成阴
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