欲益反损 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 欲益反損 yùyìfǎnsǔn ㄩˋ ㄧˋ ㄈㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇ wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) good intentions that lead to disaster It all ends in tears. Character by character 欲(yù)desire 益(yì)surname Yi 反(fǎn)contrary 损(sǔn)decrease A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0