Daily Chinese Idiom Wordle Game
适得其反 (shì dé qí fǎn)
To get the opposite of what one intended; the result is contrary to the expected.
Literal: suit obtain its opposite
Trying to make him happy by giving advice only made him angry—it was a case of 'shì dé qí fǎn'.
This idiom describes an outcome that backfires.
One character means 'suitable' but here refers to the intended result.