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尽人事听天命
jìn​rén​shì​tīng​tiān​mìng

to do one's best and leave the rest to fate

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 尽人事 盡人事 jìn​rén​shì
    to do one's best
    to do everything humanly possible; to do all that is within one's power
  2. 听 聽 tīng verb
    to obey
    to heed; to obey; to follow advice or a command
  3. 天命 tiān​mìng
    destiny
    the mandate of heaven; destiny; fate