俟命
sì​mìng

to leave everything to fate

  • created reference approved 俟命 → 听天由命/聽天由命 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    俟命 sì​mìng

    听天由命 / 聽天由命 tīng​tiān​yóu​mìng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 俟命 · sì​mìng · to leave everything to fate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    俟命

    sì​mìng

    to leave everything to fate

    to wait for the decree of heaven; to submit to one's destiny; often used in formal or literary writing to describe a person who accepts their lot in life

    俟, 命

    俟 (literal) → 俟 · sì · to wait 命 (literal) → 命 · mìng · fate

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

    created sense