to produce the opposite of the desired result

shì dé qí fǎn

sh+ì·4th toned+é·2nd toneq+í·2nd tonef+ǎn·3rd tone

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... Otherwise it is (or will be) hard to avoid a counterproductive situation.

...不然难免会有适得其反的情况出现。

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