事与愿违 — Chinese idiom
事与愿违
shì yǔ yuàn wéi
Traditional: 事與願違
Meaning
- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes
Character by character
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 与yǔand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
- 愿yuàndesire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing
- 违wéito violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
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