things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
trad. 事與願違
Also written 事與願違【shì yǔ yuàn wéi】
Characters in this word
4事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
与
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variant of 歟|欤[yu2]
- Pinyin
- yú
- Traditional
- 與
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 223 of 2500
愿
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honest and prudent, variant of 願|愿[yuan4]
- Pinyin
- yuàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 2338 of 2500
违
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to disobey, to violate, to separate, to go against
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 違
- Strokes
- 7