Entry
  1. to produce the opposite of the desired result

    trad. 適得其反

Also written 適得其反【shì dé qí fǎn】

Characters in this word

4
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose, opposite, against, anti-, to rebel, to use analogy, instead, abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

Pinyin
fǎn
Strokes
4
Frequency
2794 of 2500