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适得其反

shì dé qí fǎn

4-character word Traditional 適得其反

What 适得其反 means

1. to produce the opposite of the desired result

The characters in 适得其反

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down

Example sentences

• ...不然难免会有适得其反的情况出现。
  ... bù rán nánmiǎn huì yǒu shìdéqífǎn de qíngkuàng chūxiàn.
  ... Otherwise it is (or will be) hard to avoid a counterproductive situation.