有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴

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

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

to intend / intentionally / interested in

Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])

to grow / to plant / to insert / to force on sb / to fall head first

to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down

surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

old variant of 花[hua1]

variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]

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

unintentionally / not in the mood to

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

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

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]

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]