听天由命 — Chinese idiom
听天由命
tīng tiān yóu mìng
Traditional: 聽天由命
Meaning
- to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
Character by character
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 由yóucause, reason; from
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
Idioms sharing a character
- 以正视听 yǐ zhèng shì tīng
- 危言耸听 wēi yán sǒng tīng
- 垂帘听政 chuí lián tīng zhèng
- 妄言妄听 wàng yán wàng tīng
- 娓娓动听 wěi wěi dòng tīng
- 屡劝不听 lǚ quàn bù tīng
- 悉听尊便 xī tīng zūn biàn
- 混淆视听 hùn xiáo shì tīng
- 耸人听闻 sǒng rén tīng wén
- 听之任之 tīng zhī rèn zhī
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