适得其反 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 適得其反 shìdéqífǎn ㄕˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄢˇ to produce the opposite of the desired result Character by character 适(shì)surname Shi 得(dé)get 其(qí)his 反(fǎn)contrary A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0