事與願違

See also: 事与愿违

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing	to disobey; to violate; to separate to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
trad. (事與願違)		事	與	願	違
simp. (事与愿违)		事	与	愿	违

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyǔyuànwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jyu⁵ jyun⁶ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyǔyuànwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyǔyuànwéi
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yü³-yüan⁴-wei²
    • Yale: shr̀-yǔ-ywàn-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyeuyuannwei
    • Palladius: шиюйюаньвэй (šijujjuanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ jyu⁵ jyun⁶ wai⁴
    • Yale: sih yúh yuhn wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jy⁵ jyn⁶ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yu⁵ yun⁶ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jyː¹³ jyːn²² wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

事與願違

1. to get the opposite of what one intended