jìn​rén​shì​tīng​tiān​mìng

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

  • created sense approved 尽人事听天命/盡人事聽天命 · jìn​rén​shì​tīng​tiān​mìng · to do one's best and leave the rest to fate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽人事听天命 / 盡人事聽天命

    jìn​rén​shì​tīng​tiān​mìng

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

    To exert all of one's own effort and leave the outcome to destiny or heaven's will.

    尽人事 (literal) → 尽人事/盡人事 · jìn​rén​shì · to do one's best 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to obey 天命 (literal) → 天命 · tiān​mìng · destiny

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    created sense