误打误撞 — “To achieve something by accident or chance”
误打误撞 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve something by accident or chance”. To stumble into something inadvertently; to succeed without planning. Literally, “mistakenly hit and mistakenly bump”.
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误打误撞 Pronunciation and Pinyin
误打误撞 Character Breakdown
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他本来只是随便看看，没想到误打误撞，竟然找到了一本绝版的珍贵书籍。
He was just browsing casually, but unexpectedly, he stumbled upon a rare and out-of-print book by chance.
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Synonyms of 误打误撞
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- wù误rù入qí歧tú途go astray
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- wù误rù入mí迷tú途to be led astray
- wù误guó国hài害mín民ruin the country and harm the people
- wù误guó国yāng殃mín民mislead the country and harm its people
- wù误guó国tiǎn殄mín民Harm the state and ruin the people
- wù误shā杀hǎo好rén人accidentally kill an innocent person
- wù误luò落fēng风chén尘forced into prostitution
- wù误rèn认yán颜biāo标ignorant and unperceptive
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What does 误打误撞 mean?
误打误撞 (wù dǎ wù zhuàng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve something by accident or chance”.
How do you pronounce 误打误撞?
误打误撞 is pronounced wù dǎ wù zhuàng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 误打误撞 literally mean?
Literally, 误打误撞 means “mistakenly hit and mistakenly bump”. It is used to mean “to achieve something by accident or chance”.
What is the Chinese definition of 误打误撞?
指事先未经周密考虑。