天不从人愿
tiān​bù​cóng​rén​yuàn

(idiom) things do not go as planned

  • created reference approved 天不从人愿/天不從人願 → 事与愿违/事與願違 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天不从人愿 / 天不從人願 tiān​bù​cóng​rén​yuàn

    事与愿违 / 事與願違 shì​yǔ​yuàn​wéi

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天不从人愿/天不從人願 · tiān​bù​cóng​rén​yuàn · (idiom) things do not go as planned — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天不从人愿 / 天不從人願

    tiān​bù​cóng​rén​yuàn

    (idiom) things do not go as planned

    Heaven does not grant human wishes; used to describe a situation where things do not go as smoothly as expected, or when events run counter to one's desires

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · to comply with 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 愿 (literal) → 愿/願 · yuàn · wish

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

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