無心插柳柳成蔭

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Chinese

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insert; stick in; pierce
insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
 
willow willow
finish; complete; accomplish
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 
shade
trad. (無心插柳柳成蔭) 無心
simp. (无心插柳柳成荫) 无心
Literally: “unwittingly plant a willow tree which later provides shade”.

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Idiom

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無心插柳柳成蔭

  1. to do something which unintentionally returns positive results

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