天從人願
tiān​cóng​rén​yuàn

to have things go one's way

  • created reference approved 天从人愿/天從人願 → 天随人愿/天隨人願 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天从人愿 / 天從人願 tiān​cóng​rén​yuàn

    天随人愿 / 天隨人願 tiān​suí​rén​yuàn

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天从人愿/天從人願 · tiān​cóng​rén​yuàn · to have things go one's way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天从人愿 / 天從人願

    tiān​cóng​rén​yuàn

    to have things go one's way

    (idiom) things happen exactly as one wishes; heaven grants human desires; things go smoothly as if by divine providence

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 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

    created sense