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