命中注定 — Chinese idiom
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
Traditional: 命中註定
Meaning
- decreed by fate
- destined
- fated
Character by character
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 注zhùto concentrate, to focus
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
Idioms sharing a character
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 一钱如命 yī qián rú mìng
- 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú
- 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān
- 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī
- 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
- 命途多舛 mìng tú duō chuǎn
- 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng
- 威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn
- 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng
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