事与愿违(shì yǔ yuàn wéi): things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 事與願違
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- shì yǔ yuàn wéi
- Meaning
- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 事與願違
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 事与愿违 — tap one to open its word page.
shì事jiàn件
HSK 3incident; event
shì事shí实
HSK 3fact
shì事shí实shàng上
HSK 3in fact
shì事xiān先
HSK 4in advance
yī一shì事wú无chéng成
HSK 7-9(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
yī一huí回shì事
HSK 7-9one and the same (thing)
shì事wù务
HSK 7-9(political, economic etc) affairs
shì事wù务suǒ所
HSK 7-9business office; firm
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