欲益反损 — Chinese idiom
欲益反损
yù yì fǎn sǔn
Traditional: 欲益反損
Meaning
- wishing for profit, but causing loss ; good intentions that lead to disaster
- It all ends in tears.
Character by character
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 益yìto profit, to benefit; advantage
- 反fǎnreverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 损sǔnto damage, to harm
Idioms sharing a character
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 伤心欲绝 shāng xīn yù jué
- 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 喷薄欲出 pēn bó yù chū
- 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī
- 悲痛欲绝 bēi tòng yù jué
- 欲壑难填 yù hè nán tián
- 我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián
- 昏昏欲睡 hūn hūn yù shuì
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