适得其反shìdéqífǎnTop 25000Meanings1. to produce the opposite of the desired resultCharacters used适to fit得to obtain其his反contraryExamples1...不然bùrán难免nánmiǎn会huì有yǒu适得其反shìdéqífǎn的de情况qíngkuàng出现chūxiàn。... Otherwise it is (or will be) hard to avoid a counterproductive situation.