误打误撞

誤打誤撞

wùdǎ-wùzhuàng

idiom

Meanings

HSK 4

我误打误撞进了这个行业，没想到做得不错。

Wǒ wùdǎ-wùzhuàng jìn le zhège hángyè, méixiǎngdào zuò de bùcuò.

I stumbled into this industry by accident and it worked out surprisingly well.

HSK 4

他误打误撞找到了答案。

Tā wùdǎ-wùzhuàng zhǎodào le dá'àn.

He hit on the answer by accident.

history

From Yuan dramatist Guan Hanqing's 《双赴梦》 act 2: describing a prophetic dream as 误打误撞 - a lucky coincidence.

usage

Often implies a good outcome despite the random/accidental path. Usually verb-like, placed before a verb phrase.

误 wù

打 dǎ

撞 zhuàng