无心插柳柳成阴

lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

unintentionally / not in the mood to

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose

old variant of 插[cha1]

(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated / serendipitous / fortuitous

surname Liu

willow

old variant of 柳[liu3]

old variant of 柳[liu3]

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

surname Yin

overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia

variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it