好心倒做了驴肝肺 in English hao3 xin1 dao4 zuo4 le5 lu:2 gan1 fei1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to mistake good intentions for ill intent

Simplified Characters

好 心 倒 做 了 驴 肝 肺

Traditional Characters

好 心 倒 做 了 驢 肝 肺

Pinyin

hao3 xin1 dao4 zuo4 le5 lu:2 gan1 fei1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

好hao3good 心xin1heart 倒dao4to fall 做zuo4to do 了le5(completed action marker) 驴lv2variant of 驢|驴[lu:2] 肝gan1liver 肺fei4lung