事在人為
shì​zài​rén​wéi

it depends on human effort

  • created sense approved 事在人为/事在人為 · shì​zài​rén​wéi · it depends on human effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事在人为 / 事在人為

    shì​zài​rén​wéi

    it depends on human effort

    The success or failure of a matter depends on the effort and initiative of the individual; with human effort, anything can be achieved.

    事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to depend on 人为 (literal) → 人为/人為 · rén​wéi · human effort

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense