成事在天 chéngshìzàitiān success depends on fate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 成事 chéngshì to succeed To accomplish an objective; to successfully finish a task or get something done.在 zài prepositionverb to depend on to depend on; to rest with; to be determined by天 tiān nounproper noun God God; Heaven; the supreme ruler of the universe in traditional belief