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有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴

yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn

15-character word Traditional 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰

What 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 means

1. lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
2. fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect
3. well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

The characters in 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 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