"有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰	yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn		lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it

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