无心插柳 (無心插柳) wúxīn chā liǔ

wúxīn chā liǔ set phrase (of a good outcome) unanticipated; serendipitous; fortuitous
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '無心插柳')

Contained in

• 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴(有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰) you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree; things do not always turn out as one would expect
• 无心插柳柳成阴(無心插柳柳成陰) idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you