







树欲静而风不停 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Things do not always turn out as one wishes”. External forces or circumstances are beyond one's control. Literally, “The tree desires stillness, but the wind does not cease”.

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Open the tool →树欲静而风不停 (shù yù jìng ér fēng bù tíng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Things do not always turn out as one wishes”.
树欲静而风不停 is pronounced shù yù jìng ér fēng bù tíng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 树欲静而风不停 means “the tree desires stillness, but the wind does not cease”. It is used to mean “Things do not always turn out as one wishes”.
原比喻事情不能如人的心愿。现也比喻阶级斗争不以人们的意志为转移。同“树欲静而风不止”。