有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴
Definitions
- 1. lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree
- 2. fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect
- 3. well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
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Child Words of 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴
no; not so
heart
to succeed
to insert
to have; there is
to intend
to plant; to grow
not to have
to send out
flower
overcast (weather)
hair
idea
willow
unintentionally
(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you