欲益反損

wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.

contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

surname Yi

benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more

to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to speak sarcastically / to deride / caustic / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)

to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨