适得其反

féi liào guò duō huì shì dé qí fǎn

肥料过多会适得其反。

Too much fertilizer will lead to just the opposite.

běn xiǎng shuō fú tā jié guǒ shì dé qí fǎn

本想说服她，结果适得其反。

The attempts to persuade her seem to be backfiring.

tā de wēi xié chǎn shēng le shì dé qí fǎn de jié guǒ

她的威胁产生了适得其反的结果。

Her threat has backfired.

qí jié guǒ bì rán bù huì xiàng wǒ men suǒ yī xiāng qíng yuàn de nà yàng fǎn ér huì shì dé qí fǎn

其结果必然不会像我们所一厢情愿的那样，反而会适得其反。

The result will definitely turn out to be just the opposite of our wish.

wǒ men rèn wéi shì tú pò shǐ tā men qū fú huì shì dé qí fǎn

我们认为试图迫使他们屈服会适得其反。

We think an attempt to bully them into submission would becounterproductive