有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭

Chinese

	to have the intention	to force; to stick in; to plant	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	not; no	open; operate (vehicle); start		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	willow	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	shade
trad. (有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭)	有心	栽	花	花	不	開	，	無心	插	柳	柳	成	蔭
simp. (有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫)	有心	栽	花	花	不	开	，	无心	插	柳	柳	成	荫
Literally: “Paid effort to plant flowers but the flowers don't bloom, no intention to plant a willow tree but it later grows into a shade”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒuxīn zāi huā huā bù kāi, wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄗㄞㄏㄨㄚㄏㄨㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ , ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ sam¹ zoi¹ faa¹ faa¹ bat¹ hoi¹, mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuxīn zāi huā huā bù kāi, wúxīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yìn [Phonetic: yǒuxīnzāihuāhuābùkāi,wúxīnchāliúliǔchéngyìn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣㄗㄞㄏㄨㄚㄏㄨㄚㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ , ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒusin zai hua hua bù kai, wúsin cha liǒu liǒu chéng yìn
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-hsin¹ tsai¹ hua¹ hua¹ pu⁴ kʻai¹, wu²-hsin¹ chʻa¹ liu³ liu³ chʻêng² yin⁴
  - Yale: yǒu-syīn dzāi hwā hwā bù kāi-, wú-syīn chā lyǒu lyǒu chéng yìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushin tzai hua hua bu kai, wushin cha leou leou cherng yinn
  - Palladius: юсинь цзай хуа хуа бу кай, усинь ча лю лю чэн инь (jusinʹ czaj xua xua bu kaj, usinʹ ča lju lju čɛn inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ in⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ sam¹ zoi¹ faa¹ faa¹ bat¹ hoi¹, mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³
  - Yale: yáuh sām jōi fā fā bāt hōi, mòuh sām chaap láuh láuh sìhng yam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ sam¹ dzoi¹ faa¹ faa¹ bat⁷ hoi¹, mou⁴ sam¹ tsaap⁸ lau⁵ lau⁵ sing⁴ jam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ sem¹ zoi¹ fa¹ fa¹ bed¹ hoi¹, mou⁴ sem¹ cab³ leo⁵ leo⁵ xing⁴ yem³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːp̚³ lɐu̯¹³ lɐu̯¹³ sɪŋ²¹ jɐm³³/

Idiom

有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭

Sometimes when one tried to do things wholeheartedly, the results may not be good; but on the contrary, sometimes when one has no intention to do something, the results may be positive.

Synonyms

有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰／有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴

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