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Chinese
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to fit; to suit
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get; obtain; gain 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 |
his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) |
wrong side out or up; anti-
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| trad. (適得其反)
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適
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得
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其
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反
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| simp. (适得其反)
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适
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得
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其
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反
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Pronunciation
Idiom
適得其反
- to run counter to one's desire; to have the exact opposite effect of what one wished; to backfire