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適得其反

適得其反

See also: 适得其反

Chinese

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get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to

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his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)

!wrong side out or up; anti- |- !trad. (適得其反) | | | | |- !simp. (适得其反) | | | | |}

Idiom

適得其反

  1. to run counter to one's desire; to have the exact opposite effect of what one wished; to backfire