無心插柳

Chinese

		without the desire or intention; unwitting; accidentally without the desire or intention; unwitting; accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly	insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	willow
trad. (無心插柳)		無心	插	柳
simp. (无心插柳)		无心	插	柳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúxīn chā liǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúxīn chā liǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsin cha liǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-hsin¹ chʻa¹ liu³
    • Yale: wú-syīn chā lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushin cha leou
    • Palladius: усинь ча лю (usinʹ ča lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵
    • Yale: mòuh sām chaap láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sam¹ tsaap⁸ lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ sem¹ cab³ leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³ lɐu̯¹³/

Idiom

無心插柳

1. Short for 無心插柳柳成蔭／无心插柳柳成荫 (wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn).