适得其反
Traditional form:
適得其反
Pinyin (reading):
shìdéqífǎn
Definitions:
- to produce the opposite of the desired result
Characters:
- 适 - match, comfortable; just
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
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