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 ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sam¹ caap³ lau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúxīn chā liǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄔㄚㄌㄧㄡˇ
  - 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

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

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