事与愿违 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 事與願違 shìyǔyuànwéi ㄕˋ ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ 男 女 things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) Character by character 事(shì)matter 与(yǔ)and 愿(yuàn)honest and prudent 违(wéi)disobey A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0