wāi dǎ zhèng zháo
Traditional: 歪打正著
歪打正着 (wāi dǎ zhèng zháo) is a Chinese word meaning “to succeed by a lucky stroke”.
Meanings
- 1to succeed by a lucky stroke
Characters in 歪打正着
Related words
着a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])着to touch着aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着to wear (clothes)着variant of 著|着[zhao1]着variant of 著|着[zhao2]着variant of 著|着[zhe5]着variant of 著|着[zhuo2]打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")正first month of the lunar year正straight