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误打误撞

誤打誤撞
wùdǎwùzhuàng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 by sheer luck
  2. 2 by accident
  3. 3 to stumble into something by chance

Examples

我误打误撞进了这个行业，没想到做得不错。
Wǒ wùdǎwùzhuàng jìn le zhège hángyè, méi xiǎngdào zuò de bùcuò.
I stumbled into this industry by accident and it worked out surprisingly well.
他误打误撞找到了答案。
Tā wùdǎwùzhuàng zhǎodào le dá'àn.
He hit on the answer by accident.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

误 wù
打 dǎ
撞 zhuàng